| ON | occipitonuchal; office nurse; onlay; optic nerve; orthopedic nurse; osteonecrosis; osteonectin; over... |
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| ORN | operating room nurse; orthopedic nurse |
| VN | vesical neck; vestibular nucleus; virus neutralization; visceral nucleus; visiting nurse; vitronecti... |
| NAPNES | National Association for Practical Nursing Education and Services |
| PNS | paraneoplastic syndrome; parasympathetic nervous system; partial nonprogressive stroke; peripheral n... |
| nurse administrators | Nurses professionally qualified in administration. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nurse anaesthetists | Professional nurses who have completed postgraduate training in the administration of anaesthetics and who function under the responsibility of the operating surgeon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nurse cell | Cells accessory to egg and/or sperm formation in a wide variety of organisms. Usually thought to synthesise special substances and to export these to the developing gamete. (18 Nov 1997) |
| nurse cells | Elongated cell's in the seminiferous tubules to which spermatids are attached during spermiogenesis; they secrete androgen-binding protein and establish the blood-testis barrier by forming tight junctions with adjacent Sertoli's cell's. Synonym: nurse cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nurse clinicians | Registered nurses who hold master's degrees in nursing with an emphasis in clinical nursing and who function independently in coordinating plans for patient care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nurse epidemiologist | A registered nurse with additional education in the monitoring and prevention of nosocomial infections in the client population in an agency. Synonym: infection control nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nurse midwives | Professional nurses who have received postgraduate training in midwifery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nurse-patient relations | Interaction between the patient and nurse. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nurse practitioner | <specialist> A registered nurse with advanced training in a particular area of health care, e.g., paediatric nurse practitioners have additional education in the care of children. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nurse practitioners | Nurses who are specially trained to assume an expanded role in providing medical care under the supervision of a physician. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dry nurse | A woman who cares for newborn infants without breast feeding them, as opposed to a wet nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infection control nurse | A registered nurse with additional education in the monitoring and prevention of nosocomial infections in the client population in an agency. Synonym: infection control nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flight nurse | A nurse who cares for clients during transport in any type of aircraft. (05 Mar 2000) |