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nurs·ing (nʉr′siŋ)
noun
- the duties or profession of a nurse
- the medical care given by a nurse
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
nursing
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nursing
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Preposition: as
- profession: Various concepts of nursing as a profession and professional development are examined and this leads into the final area of collaborative care.
Converse of object
- strengthen: Strengthening the nursing, midwifery and health visiting contribution to health and health care.
Adjective modifier
- psychiatric: He began his training at Buckland before psychiatric nursing at Guy's.
Modifies a noun
- home: In 1945 Baillie Scott moved to a Brighton nursing home where he died on the 10 February, age 79.
Noun used with modifier
- pre-registration: Future areas for research are in the introduction of problem based learning, manual handling and the teaching of numeracy to pre-registration nursing students.
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Still nursing the unconquerable hope, Still clutching the inviolable shade.
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