Difference between patient and nursing
Definitions
noun
- a person who requires medical care
- the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
adjective
- enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
Examples
It may be a little early but I was just wondering if you could characterize the impact of the label amendment in terms of the new patient starts in to the new year?
Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
Back in the mid-1980s, for example, knee replacement surgery was considered a success if the patient wound up with 90 degrees of flexion, which is "nothing near normal," he says.
Definitions
noun
- the profession of a nurse
- nourishing at the breast
- the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm
Examples
Patients are marooned on trolleys because there are no available beds even though there are plenty of beds available in private nursing homes.
When Yahoo bureaucracy rules, people die in the health services and the aged in nursing homes are victimised while benchmark payments are pocketed.
He declined to give details on who the passengers were except to say they were from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upscale enclave within Houston.
