Health is a fundamental human right and nurses are considered as the indispensible
members of the health team. Nursing education is growing on one side and need for
qualified nurses is on the rise owing to growing disease burden. Today nursing practice
is within the perview of quality control. Technology oriented nursing of today welcomes
nurses with clinical and and technical competency. Knowing the perspectives of consumers
and providers in India is very essential at this stage of an attempt of globalizing
nursing. In this survey an attempt was made to realize the current perceptions of
doctors, nurses, nurse educators and in-patientson nursing practice. The perceptions
of consumers significantly varied from other health health team memebrs and this calls
the nursing community to unite to raise to the status and standard of nursing.
Keywords
Health care providers - consumers - nursing practice
