Nursing and Qualities I Possess to Become a Good Nurse Nursing is the act of safely caring for, protecting, and improving the health and abilities of our clients /patients without causing further harm and disability to them. The primary goal is to restore and maintain good physical, spiritual and psychological health. It is a science, such that it is necessary to apply nursing knowledge and technical aspects of practice. However, it is important to incorporate the act of patient-centered care, defined according to QSEN/NOF, as holistic care that recognizes the patient as a source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care while respecting the patient's wishes, values , needs and preferences. It must integrate with the experience. As a nursing student, I possess the quality of enabling, doing for, and being with. These qualities were implanted in me through my upbringing, my culture, my religious beliefs, and my life/dating experiences (my environment). “Enabling” is the nurse's responsibility to help her make a transition into the unknown. For example, patients who need to undergo major abdominal surgery or even a normal birth. Nurses should enable them and see them through the scary mindset that something major is about to happen, or is happening. We are seen as and expected to “enable” them. So, it could be as simple as holding a hand or telling them positive things to reassure them that it is for the best outcome of their health and ability. I remember giving birth to a baby for the first time. I was scared as I went through the different stages of labor and its difficulties, after which I was transferred to the intensive care unit where I finally delivered my son by caesarean section. She was the nurse who held my hand and verbally encouraged me throughout the birth process and transition into my motherhood experience. So I learned how important it is to help our patients make the commitment to continue doing so