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nursing

British  
/ ˈnɜːsɪŋ /

noun

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

    2. ( as modifier )

      a nursing home

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People appealing health-insurance coverage rejections will want to make sure they mail their appeals earlier, says Cambria Nwosu, a doctor of nursing science.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’ve received many letters where the case seems stronger than the one you describe; one reader wrote to say her millionaire cousin’s nursing home coerced her into changing her will and selling her house.

From MarketWatch

Don’t miss: After our mother died, my sister went to nursing school.

From MarketWatch

Stirling is the only university in the UK to make the dementia module compulsory for all nursing and paramedic science students.

From BBC

Streeting said there had been a decline in the number of health visitors and community nursing over a number of years, and that government was developing a workforce plan to address recruitment.

From BBC