Definitions for visiting nurse

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vis′iting nurse′(n.)

  1. a registered nurse employed by a social service agency to give medical care to the sick in their homes or to implement other public health programs.

    Category: Business

Origin of visiting nurse:

1920–25

Princeton's WordNet

  1. visiting nurse(noun)

    a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes


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