Disciplines and Occupations

Orthopedic Nursing

The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of the orthopedic patient.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of the orthopedic patient.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Nursing, Orthopedic

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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

92

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Previous Indexing

  • Orthopedics/nursing (1970-1991)
  • Specialties, Nursing (1972-1991)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. H02w.478w.676.615w
  2. N02.421.533.635w

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NLM Classification

WY 157.6

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Orthopedic Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016530. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016530
  2. Orthopedic Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopaedic_nursing
  3. Orthopedic Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7104849