Disciplines and Occupations

Nursing

The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.

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Classification

MeSH Qualifier

Used as a Subheading

Nursing is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000451), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:

Used with diseases for nursing care and techniques in their management. It includes the nursing role in diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive procedures.

Qualifier ID
Q000451
Qualifier Tree
Y11.030

Indexing annotation

subhead only; includes "nursing care" by professional nurse or physician-prescribed home programs; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.48; DF: /nurs or /NU

Subheading synonyms

  • nursing care
  • home care

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Nursings

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, instrumentation, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the nursing profession only: NURSING CARE is for patients; /legislation & jurisprudence = LEGISLATION, NURSING or NURSING (IM) + JURISPRUDENCE (IM); available is /nurs: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.48; DF: NURS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009729. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009729
  2. Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing
  3. Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121176