nursing

/ˈnɝsɪŋ/

adj 2noun 2

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ADJ

NURSING + NOUN

care, services, skills | home | staff | student | practice

adj

In the state of suckling young, lactating.

The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.

Referring to nurses.

The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.

noun

Suckling, such as breastfeeding.

The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

She went into nursing as a career.

Nursing is an art; and, if it is to be made an art, requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; […]

The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.

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The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.

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She went into nursing as a career.

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Nursing is an art; and, if it is to be made an art, requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; […]

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Florence Nightingale is famous as the woman who began professional nursing.

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Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home, after all.

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