section_path: Specialties
section_name: Specialties
paragraph_text: Specialties
  
  Nursing is the most diverse of all health care professions. Nurses practice in a wide range of settings, but generally follows the needs of their patients.
  
  The major specialties are:
  
  Nurses with additional degrees allow for specialization. Nursing professions can be separated into categories by care type, age, gender, certain age group, practice setting, individually or in combination.