This is a brief essay on the roles of nurses in the provision of healthcare and in identifying the prerequisites for practicing the nursing profession in the states of America. And which bodies the various medical personnel who have trained to become nurses need to go through in order to become a fully-fledged nurse to practice and take care of patients at different levels where and where they need services from the nurses. It is obvious from the essay that nurses should possess soft skills, which include active listening, integrity, compassion, critical thinking, and attention to detail to enable nurses them perform their duties diligently and effectively.