Named Groups

Nurses

Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health.

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Abstract

Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Nursing Personnel
  • Personnel, Nursing
  • Nurse
  • Registered Nurses
  • Nurse, Registered
  • Nurses, Registered
  • Registered Nurse

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

relation to nursing specialties: Manual 34.11.3

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History Note

67(65)

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Tree Numbers

  1. M01w.526.485.650w
  2. N02.360.650w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nurses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009726. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009726
  2. Nurses. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse
  3. Nurses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186360