The Theoretical Foundations of Nursing website defines professional nursing as the actual knowledge and skills learned through a formal nursing institution. These are skills for helping a patient, depending on their specific diagnosis and the care they need. Overall it is about improving one's health, but it can also be associated with a patient who is dying (“Theoretical Foundations of Nursing,” n.d.). This is similar to Jarvis's (2012) idea, which demonstrates the importance of being culturally appropriate. This means being able to apply and execute the basic knowledge learned, to provide the best patient care (Jarvis, 2012). This is extremely important because this is the act of physically being a nurse. A nurse might be very professional and culturally aware of a patient's background, however if they do not have the necessary skills to provide nursing care, this poses a problem