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View synonyms for nursing

nursing

/ ˈnɜːsɪŋ /

noun

    1. the practice or profession of caring for the sick and injured

    2. ( as modifier )

      a nursing home

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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This includes everything from surveying and certifying nursing homes to assisting Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries and overseeing contracts or extra payments to rural ambulance providers.

From Salon

The compassionate nursing care he received while hospitalized touched him so much that he decided he wanted to provide the same for others.

"I have personally experienced nursing and caregiving three times in my life," she said.

From BBC

Smith, who has taken only live at-bats in the last week while nursing his injury, did not appear in the wild-card series despite being on the roster.

They’re meant to be heartwarming, I know — “Look at these two, who met in the nursing home when their wheelchairs collided coming out of the bingo game!” — but they just make me sadder.

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