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nurse

DEFINITIONS OF: nurse

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n one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

Examples:
Edith Louisa Cavell
English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)
Florence Nightingale
English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
Margaret Higgins Sanger
United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)
Types:
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foster-nurse
a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own
graduate nurse, trained nurse
someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
head nurse
the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution
LPN, licensed practical nurse, practical nurse
a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
matron
a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
accoucheuse, midwife
a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
probationer, student nurse
a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period
RN, registered nurse
a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration
scrub nurse
a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery
visiting nurse
a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes
nurse-midwife
a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife
NP, nurse clinician, nurse practitioner
a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
Type of:
PCP, caregiver, health care provider, health professional, primary care provider
a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability

n a woman who is the custodian of children

Synonyms:
nanny, nursemaid
Types:
dry nurse
a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
mammy
an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
Type of:
keeper
someone in charge of other people
adult female, woman
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

v serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people

Type of:
care, give care
provide care for

v give suck to

“You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places”
Synonyms:
breastfeed, give suck, lactate, suck, suckle, wet-nurse
suck
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
Antonyms:
bottlefeed
feed (infants) with a bottle
Type of:
feed, give
give food to

v try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

“He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs”
Type of:
care for, treat
provide treatment for

v treat carefully

“He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”
“He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
Type of:
do by, handle, treat
interact in a certain way

v maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

Synonyms:
entertain, harbor, harbour, hold
Type of:
experience, feel
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
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