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nars [nars.] : nurse (n.)

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nurse
n. (person)1. nurseone skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician).
~ foster-nursea nurse who raises another woman's child as her own.
~ graduate nurse, trained nursesomeone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school.
~ head nursethe person in charge of nursing in a medical institution.
~ caregiver, health care provider, health professional, pcp, primary care providera person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability.
~ licensed practical nurse, lpn, practical nursea nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
~ matrona woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution.
~ accoucheuse, midwifea woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies.
~ probationer, student nursea nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period.
~ registered nurse, rna graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration.
~ scrub nursea nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery.
~ visiting nursea nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes.
~ cavell, edith cavell, edith louisa cavellEnglish 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, lady with the lamp, nightingaleEnglish nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910).
~ margaret higgins sanger, margaret sanger, sangerUnited States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966).
~ nurse-patient relationthe responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient.
n. (person)2. nanny, nurse, nursemaida woman who is the custodian of children.
~ dry nursea nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant.
~ keepersomeone in charge of other people.; "am I my brother's keeper?"
~ mammyan offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S..
~ amah, wet-nurse, wet nurse, wetnursea woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
~ adult female, womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
v. (body)3. nursetry to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury.; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
~ practice of medicine, medicinethe learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
~ care for, treatprovide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
v. (emotion)4. entertain, harbor, harbour, hold, nursemaintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).; "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
~ feel, experienceundergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
v. (social)5. nurseserve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people.
~ give care, careprovide care for.; "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
v. (social)6. nursetreat 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"
~ do by, treat, handleinteract in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
v. (consumption)7. breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nursegive suck to.; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
~ suckdraw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth.; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"
~ feed, givegive food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"