Nursing students' sense of engagement in both classroom and clinical settings set the stage for their future functioning within complex health care settings. Nursing students with a sound sense of engagement will have depth and resourcefulness to engage, maintain, and exceed within the demanding nursing roles they will face. This text highlights engagement's evolution within nursing, along with providing classroom and clinical engagement strategies. This is followed engagement and ethics, and concludes with the future of engagement within nursing practice. About the Author The author Kathleen F. Hudson RN, MSN, MBA writes about the importance and impact of engagement on the nursing profession. She has also published on numerous topics including: student engagement, evidence-based practice, a complexity of coping model, and diverse range of other nursing and management topics. This text can assist with building engaged nursing students/well-rounded nurses for health care in the future.