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nursing home
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nursing home
n.
See skilled nursing facility.
nursing home.
nursing,
n 1. the performance of those activities that contribute to the health or recovery of a patient (or to a peaceful death).
n 2. the application of prescribed therapies and the management of the patient and environment to assist in healing.
nursing bottle caries,
n dental caries of the maxillary primary teeth caused by the oral retention of milk or formula in the oral cavity.
nursing home,
n a convalescent facility for the care of individuals who do not require hospitalization but who cannot be cared for at home. Preferred nomenclature: extended care facility.
nursing home
Managed care A licensed facility which provides general long-term nursing care to those who are chronically ill or unable to handle their own necessary daily living needs; NHs are staffed by nurses, and have a physician on call. See Geriatrics, Home health care. Cf Hospice.


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