Structured Summary
Abstract
The primary responsibility of one nurse for the planning, evaluation, and care of a patient throughout the course of illness, convalescence, and recovery.
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Synonyms
4 entry terms
- Care, Primary Nursing
- Nursing Care, Primary
- Primary Nursing Care
- Nursing, Primary
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Aspects Covered
11 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with PRIMARY CARE NURSING which refers to methods of patient care by nurses as primary care providers
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- Nursing Care (1974-1976)
- Primary Health Care (1974-1976)
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WY 100
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Primary Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011321. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011321
- Primary Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_nursing
- Primary Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7243152