Nursing robots are getting into elderly people life gradually because of the huge assistance they can provide both to patients and nurses. In this paper we emphasize fundamental matters about developing healthcare robots, starting by defining nursing robots, featuring the functions a caring robot can perform, and the level of artificial intelligence (AI) integration in such robots. This document also describes the features and benefits of a Robotic Nursing Assistant (RoNA) System developed at Hstar Technologies Inc. and highlights the benefits commonly associated with traditional safe patient lifting methods, in addition to improved patient and clinical staff satisfaction, reduced incidence during patient lifting and clinical maneuvers, RoNA offers as well advantages in : mobility and maneuverability, telepresence support, patient safety, employee injury, worker compensation, and premature retirement reduction and  staffing and equipment needs reduction.