| education, nursing, associate | A two-year program in nursing education in a community or junior college leading to an a.d. (associate degree). Graduates of this program are eligible for state examination for licensure as rn (registered nurse). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| education, nursing, baccalaureate | A four-year program in nursing education in a college or university leading to a b.s.n. (bachelor of science in nursing). Graduates are eligible for state examination for licensure as rn (registered nurse). (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing, continuing | Educational programs designed to inform nurses of recent advances in their fields. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing, diploma programs | Programs usually offered in hospital schools of nursing leading to a registered nurse diploma (rn). Graduates are eligible for state examination for licensure as rn (registered nurse). (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, nursing, graduate | Those educational activities engaged in by holders of a bachelor's degree in nursing, which are primarily designed to prepare them for entrance into a specific field of nursing, and may lead to board certification or a more advanced degree. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emergency nursing | The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of patients admitted to the emergency department. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transcultural nursing | A nursing specialty created to answer the need for developing a global perspective in the practice of nursing in a world of interdependent nations and people. The focus of this nursing discipline is on the integration of international and transcultural content into the training. Courses include study in the area of cultural differences, nursing in other countries, and international health issues and organizations, as an example. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ethics, nursing | The principles of proper professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of nurses themselves, their patients, and their fellow practitioners, as well as their actions in the care of patients and in relations with their families. (12 Dec 1998) |
| faculty, nursing | The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a nursing school. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, nursing | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of nursing, proposed for enactment by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licensure, nursing | The granting of a license to practice the profession of nursing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Abbe's law of limiting resolution | <physics> For a periodic structure of units separated by distance d and obliquely illuminated by the unrefracted ray and one of the two diffracted rays (extremely oblique illumination). Abbe applied the law of diffraction: d = 0.5 lambda /NA, where: lambda = wavelength of the monochromic light or shortest of mixed wavelengths NA = the limiting numerical aperture (NA) of objective or condenser. (05 Aug 1998) |
| all or none law | Consistently total response to any effective stimulus. Synonym: all or none law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| American Law Institute formulation | Used in certain jurisdictions to determine criminal responsibility in legal proceedings. See: criminal insanity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| American Law Institute rule | A test of criminal responsibility (1962): "a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law." (05 Mar 2000) |