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UKCC
UKCC n. United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting: a statutory body, established by the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act (1979), that regulated the nursing, midwifery, and health visiting professions in the public interest. The UKCC was superseded in 2002 by... Read more |
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enrolled nurse
enrolled nurse (EN) (en-rohld) n. (in the UK) a nurse who completed a two-year programme of nursing education (see second-level nurse). Entry to the second-level part of the NMC register was in general, mental, or mental handicap nursing in England and Wales. In Scotland and Northern Ireland there... Read more |
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NDU
NDU n. (in the UK) Nursing Development Unit: a centre for creative nursing managed directly by nurses, who are responsible for controlling the budget and appointing staff. The unit can be based in hospital or the community in either the public or the private sector. NDUs are committed to practising... Read more |
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Wet-Nursing
Wet-Nursing A wet nurse is a woman who breast-feeds a child that is not her biological child. Although specific wet-nursing practices differed among countries from the fifteenth through the early twentieth centuries, diverse customs produced largely identical results. Across space and time,... Read more |
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Tristram
Tristram, blank‐verse dramatic narrative by E.A. Robinson, published in 1927 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize. It belongs with Lancelot and Merlin in the author's Arthurian trilogy.Prince Tristram of Lyonesse, wounded in combat in Ireland, is nursed to health by Princess Isolt. He tells his... Read more |
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Barrier Nursing
BARRIER NURSING The term "barrier nursing" is given to a method of nursing care that has been used for over one hundred years when caring for a patient known or thought to be suffering from a contagious disease such as open pulmonary tuberculosis. It is sometimes called "bedside isolation." As the... Read more |
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Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen 1891-1964 Novelist, nurse, librarian At a Glance… First Novel.... Read more |
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Nursing homes
NURSING HOMES Nursing facilities, commonly called nursing homes, serve a small percentage of older adults. These facilities continue to be in the public-policy spotlight because of efforts to redefine their position in the long-term care system and because of ongoing efforts to enhance the quality... Read more |
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Music Therapy
Music therapy Definition Music therapy is a technique of complementary medicine that uses music prescribed in a skilled manner by trained therapists. Programs are designed to help patients overcome physical, emotional, intellectual, and social challenges. Applications range from improving the well... Read more |
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