NURSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nursing mean? 

• NURSING (noun)
  The noun NURSING has 3 senses:

1. the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm

2. the profession of a nurse

3. nourishing at the breast

  Familiarity information: NURSING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NURSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("nursing" is a kind of...):

aid; attention; care; tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something)

Derivation:

nurse (try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury)

nurse (serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The profession of a nurse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("nursing" is a kind of...):

health profession (the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients)

Derivation:

nurse (serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Nourishing at the breast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breast feeding; nursing

Hypernyms ("nursing" is a kind of...):

infant feeding (feeding an infant)

Derivation:

nurse (give suck to)

 Context examples 

So should pregnant and nursing women.

(Caffeine, Food and Drug Administration)

The performance of these tasks involves direct work relationships with patients and participation as a member of the treatment or nursing care team in direct service to patients.

(Nursing Assistant, NCI Thesaurus)

A nursing home is a place for people who don't need to be in a hospital but can't be cared for at home.

(Nursing Homes, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

I'll put them down, they'll be needed and I must go prepared for nursing.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

EXAMPLE(S): family member, roommate, nursing home attendant

(Associated Biologic Entity, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Cardiac/Vascular nursing is the provision of comprehensive nursing care to individuals diagnosed with cardiac/vascular disease as well as those identified at risk for cardiac/vascular events.

(Cardiac/Vascular Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes performing nursing assessments, medication and treatment interventions, and education of the patient and the family.

(Certified Pediatric Nurse, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac/Vascular nurses provide comprehensive nursing care to individuals diagnosed with cardiac/vascular disease as well as those identified at risk for cardiac/vascular events.

(Cardiovascular Nurse, NCI Thesaurus)

Nursing care of the newborn infant.

(Neonatal Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

The branches of nursing concerned with the observation and treatment of patients.

(Nursing Sciences, Clinical, NCI Thesaurus)