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NURSE-PATIENT RELATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("nurse-patient relation" is a kind of...):
medical relation (the professional relation between a health care professional and a patient)
Meronyms (members of "nurse-patient relation"):
nurse (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))
patient (a person who requires medical care)