visiting nurse
a registered nurse employed by a social service agency to give medical care to the sick in their homes or to implement other public health programs.
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How could the county agricultural agent or the visiting nurse cover a county as effectively as they now do without the automobile?
The Farmer and His Community | Dwight SandersonAnd here is where a visiting nurse in every community can become an institution of inestimable value.
The Americanization of Edward Bok | Edward William BokThe club maintains, out of its fund, a medicine chest at the school, which is used by the visiting nurse.
The New Education | Scott Nearing
British Dictionary definitions for visiting nurse
(in the US) a registered nurse employed by a community, hospital, etc, to visit and nurse the sick in their homes or to promote public health
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