Disciplines and Occupations

Geriatric Nursing

Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Nursing, Geriatric
  • Geriatric Nursings
  • Nursings, Geriatric

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

67

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Previous Indexing

  • Geriatrics (1966)
  • Nursing (1966)
  • Nursing Care (1966)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. H02w.478w.676.236w
  2. N02.421.533.245w

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NLM Classification

WY 152

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Geriatric Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005851. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005851
  2. Geriatric Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerontological_nursing
  3. Geriatric Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5550842