nursing

nursing /nurs·ing/ (nurs´ing)

1. the provision, at various levels of preparation, of services essential to or helpful in the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health and well-being or in prevention of illness, as of infants, of sick and injured, or of others for any reason unable to provide such services for themselves.

2. breast-feeding.

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nurs·ing (nûrsng)

n.

1. The profession of a nurse.

2. The tasks performed or care provided by a nurse.

3. The act or practice of breast-feeding.

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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.

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nursing

see suckling.

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artificial nursing

feeding on milk replacer; implies by sucking a teat, on a bottle or a multiple sucking device usually described as a calfeteria.

nursing sickness

a disease of lactating mink characterized by aimless wandering, anorexia, emaciation and hepatic lipidosis. No specific cause has been identified.