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NURSING CARE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Care by a skilled nurse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("nursing care" is a kind of...):
medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)
Context examples:
Nursing care of the patient under anesthesia and in the immediate post-anesthesia period.
(Perianesthesia Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
Nursing care of the newborn infant.
(Neonatal Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
Provide a high level of professional nursing care with a special emphasis on the care of individuals with neurological diseases/diagnoses, such as stroke (CVA), brain injury, or spinal injury.
(Neurological Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
Computer systems designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data including decision support systems to support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care.
(Nursing Information System, NCI Thesaurus)
An individual that lives at a healthcare facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or residents in need of assistance with activities of daily living.
(Long-term Facility Resident, NCI Thesaurus)
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)
The provision of professional nursing care in an inpatient setting.
(Hospital Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
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)
Health and nursing care given to campers at a summer or children's camp by a registered nurse.
(Camp Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
Totally bedfast and requiring extensive nursing care by professionals and/or family.
(Australia-Modified Karnofsky Performance Status 20, NCI Thesaurus)
