| SN | sclerema neonatorum; scrub nurse; sensorineural; sensory neuron; serum neutralization; sinus node; s... |
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| DN | Deiter's nucleus; dextrose-nitrogen; diabetic neuropathy; dibucaine number; dicrotic notch; dinitroc... |
| AHN | Army Head Nurse; assistant head nurse |
| GNP | geriatric nurse practitioner; gerontologic nurse practitioner |
| LVN | lateral ventricular nerve; lateral vestibular nucleus; Licensed Visiting Nurse; Licensed Vocational ... |
| DGH | District General Hospital |
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| DHAs | District Health Authorities |
| D.C. | District of Columbia |
| ACNP | Acute Care Nurse Practitioner |
| APN | Advanced Practice Nurse |
| public utility district | (PUD) A publicly owned energy producer or distributor. PUDs operate as special government districts under the authority of elected commissions. They are not regulated by public utility commissions. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| hospitals, district | Government-controlled hospitals which represent the major health facility for a designated geographic area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| district | 1. The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing. 2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc, made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc. "To exercise exclusive legislation . . . Over such district not exceeding ten miles square." (The Constitution of the United States) 3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract. "These districts which between the tropics lie." (Blackstone) Congressional district. See Congressional. District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court. District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. District judge, one who presides over a district court. District school, a public school for the children within a school district. Synonym: Division, circuit, quarter, province, tract, region, country. Origin: LL. Districtus district, fr. L. Districtus, p. P. Of distringere: cf. F. District. See Distrain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| district heating or cooling | A system that involves the central production of hot water, steam, or chilled water and the distribution of these transfer media to heat or cool buildings. (05 Dec 1998) |
| district of columbia | A federal area located between maryland and virginia on the potomac river; it is coextensive with washington, d.c., which is the capital of the united states. (12 Dec 1998) |
| general duty nurse | Nurse who accepts assignment to any unit of a hospital other than an intensive care unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| registered nurse | <specialist> A trained medical professional who assists people in health care under the direction of a physician. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visiting nurse | A nurse who is responsible for a group of clients in the home setting. Visits clients on a routine basis to assist client and family with care as needed and to teach family the care needed so that the client may remain in his/her home. Synonym: visiting nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| certified nurse-midwife | A registered nurse with at least a masters degree in nursing and advanced education in the management of the entire maternity cycle. Achieved through an organised program of study and national testing by the American College of Nurse-Midwives. (05 Mar 2000) |
| certified registered nurse anaesthetist | A registered professional nurse with additional education in the administration of anaesthetics. Certification achieved through a program of study recognised by the American Association of Nurse Anaesthetists. (05 Mar 2000) |
| charge nurse | A nurse administratively responsible for a designated hospital unit on an 8 hour basis. Synonym: head nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| graduate nurse | A nurse who has received a degree, most often a bachelor's degree, from a school or college of nursing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical nurse specialist | <specialist> A registered nurse with an advanced degree in a particular area of patient care; e.g., neurosurgery clinical nurse specialist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physician-nurse relations | The reciprocal interaction of physicians and nurses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| wet nurse | A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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