visiting nurse

noun

1. 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.

visiting nurse

noun

1. (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

Word History and Origins

Origin of visiting nurse¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

How could the county agricultural agent or the visiting nurse cover a county as effectively as they now do without the automobile?

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And here is where a visiting nurse in every community can become an institution of inestimable value.

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The club maintains, out of its fund, a medicine chest at the school, which is used by the visiting nurse.

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