Definitions for nursing
nurs·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. nursing(noun)

   the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm

2. nursing(noun)

   the profession of a nurse

3. nursing, breast feeding(noun)

   nourishing at the breast

Wiktionary(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. nursing(Noun)

   breastfeeding

2. nursing(Noun)

   The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

   She went into nursing as a career.

3. nursing(Adjective)

   In the state of suckling young, lactating.

   The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.

4. nursing(Adjective)

   Referring to nurses.

   The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Nursing

   of Nurse

2. Nursing(adj)

   supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Nursing

   Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care, training, and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope of physicians, and this traditional role has come to shape the historic public image of nurses as care providers. However, nurses are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice independently in a variety of settings depending on training level. In the postwar period, nurse education has undergone a process of diversification towards advanced and specialized credentials, and many of the traditional regulations and provider roles are changing. The American Nurses Association states nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Nursing

   The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nursing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4610

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nursing' in Nouns Frequency: #2536

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nursing' in Adjectives Frequency: #901

Anagrams for nursing »

1. unrings

How to pronounce nursing?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nursing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nursing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of nursing in a Sentence

1. Marylin Zuniga:

   Marylin Zuniga, a first-year teacher who drew widespread condemnation for assigning Marylin Zuniga young charges the task of writing to Mumia Abu-Jamal, was canned at the meeting of the Orange Board of Education, the Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Even when I heard that the letters were written... because of compassion, you could've written to somebody in a nursing home. - Gloria Stewart, Orange Board of Education, NJ resident Marylin Zuniga, who taught at Forest Street Elementary School, told board members prior to their hasty vote to can Marylin Zuniga that Marylin Zuniga has broad support from around the country, the newspaper reported. There's people around the nation who support me, who believe I need to be reinstated and I believe that I need to be reinstated, my students need me in the classroom. My students have requested that I come back to the classroom. Abu-Jamal, a 61-year-old serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, is a self-styled poet who became a darling of celebrities and activists while on death row. His sentence was later commuted to life without parole, and he was suffering from complications from diabetes when Marylin Zuniga assigned the task. The vote to fire Zuniga occurred after several hours of public speakers, many of whom praised Zuniga for teaching Marylin Zuniga students to have compassion for a man who killed a police officer. Abu-Jamal killed Daniel Faulkner during a routine traffic stop of Abu-Jamal’s brother. At trial, several witnesses reported seeing Abu-Jamal kill Daniel Faulkner, and two witnesses said Abu-Jamal confessed to the killing, saying, I shot the mother --- er, and I hope the mother --- er dies. Although the abrupt vote left meeting attendees unsure of what had happened, Orange Board of Education Superintendent Ronald Lee confirmed that Marylin Zuniga was fired in an email to the Star-Ledger. As this is a personnel issue, I have no further comments on this matter, Orange Superintendent Ronald Lee wrote. Zuniga’s attorney, Alan Levine, told the newspaper Marylin Zuniga is now considering legal action to challenge Marylin Zuniga firing. Several speakers at the meeting, including Essex County Freeholder President Britnee Timberlake, praised Marylin Zuniga.

2. Troy Brennan:

   We're working with each of the states now, and it will be challenging because each state will be different, some states will say just vaccinate the people in the skilled nursing facility. Some states will want us to vaccinate not only the people in the skilled nursing facility but the healthcare workers in those facilities, so those kinds of details are going to vary from state to state.

3. Jonah Bruno:

   Vaccinations are being given to all nursing-home residents regardless of short term or long term stay.

4. Deborah Birx:

   You can see what it did with the nursing home fatality rates. I mean, it's remarkable.

5. Bill Hammond:

   Cuomo does get kid-glove treatment from some in the media (especially when he does quick-hit appearances on national TV) but not from the Capitol press corps reporters who cover him on a daily basis. He and his P.R. staff are generally awful to deal with, so there is little love lost. If they dont ask about the nursing home issue more often, its probably because they know they wont get straight answers and they have dozens of other issues to cover. They might be pushing behind the scenes, and many reporters have filed FOIL requests similar to mine.

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