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