[
US
/ˈnɝs/
]
[ UK /nˈɜːs/ ]
[ UK /nˈɜːs/ ]
NOUN
- one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
- a woman who is the custodian of children
VERB
-
give suck to
The wetnurse suckled the infant
You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places - serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
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try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs -
treat 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 -
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
entertain interesting notions
harbor a resentment
bear a grudge
How To Use nurse In A Sentence
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
- 'When I was a little girl I used to slip away from my nurse, climb to the top of my uncle's keep and sit in the crenel spaces. The Falcons of Montabard
- Yesterday, the police arrested a nurse. The Sun
- INA recently won a grievance to place all nurses misplaced on the salary schedule in their appropriate slot.
- This stuff doesn't merely placate the listener with predictable, danceable nursery rhymes but lashes out and lacerates the eardrum relentlessly.
- Rosella seedlings are available through local nurseries from September onwards in the subtropics or during the dry season in tropical regions.
- Unless the circulating nurse is in a sterile gown, the instrument tray can be contaminated by unsterile clothing.
- She also outlined another misconception that could explain the suspicion research nurses often encounter among other nurses.
- The nurse tried to catch drips before they hit the bedspread and wiped his chin after every other spoonful.