Despite our efforts to prevent and relieve it, there is still terrible amount of suffering in the world. While the rates of illness and death from infectious disease and malnutritionhave gone down in developed countries, the same ratesfrom Cancer and circulatory disease have risen. Geneticdefects, accident and violence take their toll. Populationdensity makes the impact of natural disasters worse than itonce was. Although medical Science has helped us toachieve longer life span, we often require medicalassistance to live through those extra years. As much as we need doctors, there isalso a need for nurses to work with patients and translate doctor's recommendations into real health improvement or pain relief.Nursing college not only prepare you for a great and financially rewarding career they also give you the knowledge and skills you need to makedifference in people’s lives. This can take place in hospital, hospice, doctor’soffice, school, camp nursing home, or patient’s residence. "I want to make theworld a better place" might be a cliché, but there are few better ways to do it thatis by studying and practicing nursing.

- Sr.Blandina kerketta