| nurseries | Facilities which provide care for infants. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nurseries, hospital | Hospital facilities which provide care for newborn infants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursery | Origin: Cf. F. Nourricerie. 1. The act of nursing. "Her kind nursery." 2. The place where nursing is carried on; as: The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children. A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc, are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted. "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." "Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven." (J. M. Mason) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen. 3. That which is nursed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nurseryman | One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearing trees, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nurses | Professionals qualified by education at an accredited school of nursing and licensed by state law to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nurses' aides | Allied health personnel who assist the professional nurse in routine duties. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nurses, male | Nurses of the male sex. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing | Profession (better known than defined) concerned with the provision of services essential to the maintenance and restoration of health by attending the needs of sick persons. Also, feeding a infant at the breast. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing administration research | research concerned with establishing costs of nursing care, examining the relationships between nursing services and quality patient care, and viewing problems of nursing service delivery within the broader context of policy analysis and delivery of health services (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing assessment | Evaluation of the nature and extent of nursing problems presented by a patient for the purpose of patient care planning. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing assignment | The method(s) by which the patient care load is distributed among the nursing personnel available to provide care. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nursing audit | A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel for evaluating quality of nursing care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing bottle caries | Rampant caries of the primary dentition associated with the habitual use, after age 1, of a baby bottle as an aid for sleeping. Synonym: baby bottle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nursing care | Care given to patients by nursing service personnel. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nursing diagnosis | Conclusions derived from the nursing assessment that establish a health status profile for the patient and from which nursing interventions may be ordered. (12 Dec 1998) |