To be a nurse has always been one of the honourable career choices;  and until fairly recently, generally considered to be a female only occupation.  However, with the world realising the potential for everybody to have a chance to nurture and care for people, the world of nurisng is a truly gender neutral occupation.  Getting into it requires planning and the ability to work out early on exactly what to study at school to make a good start when choosing the hospital and university route to apply to for that essential nurse training.  There are some fantastic online material available – courses for the pre training are immensely helpful  Taking an Introduction To Nursing which covers informaitn about the role of nurses throughout the world.  Then there’s also the Learning Theory for Nursing – Introductory educational course for nurses and healthcare professionals.   We say Nursing, but this simple word covers so many disciplines – it’s impossible to just be a nurse these days.   There are specalisms in every field – brain and head injury; cardiovascular; orthopaedic; paediatric; geriatric; cancer specialist nurses etc etc.  Knowing what sort of caring you want to carry out is the first step – then finding the right online course to further this is easier to achieve.