title: Respect for nursing professional: silence must be heard.
abstract: The value of care giving seems to be at an all-time low. whether it is clinical (bedside) or for children and elderly at home (homemakers). Currently, individuals who pass away any opportunity (for themselves) to care for another individual instead are considered weak and/or unmotivated. Thus, it is not surprising that modern society often fails to respect the nursing professionals to the extent of underplaying their strengths, skills, and even clinical abilities. While qualities such as kindness, team spirit, and willingness to get their hands dirty are the core of this profession, nursing professionals have a complex variety of set duties, involving drug dosage, trouble-shooting, ongoing patient monitoring, and providing holistic comfort and support to the sick and needy. Beyond classical role, the nursing professional has currently ventured into other roles as well, as a nurse practitioner, administrator, researcher, or even an educator. Thus, considering the wide spectrum of duties performed by nursing professionals, they do deserve more status and power rather than be treated like "ward housewives."
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: drsundeepmishra@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sundeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations