NURSE | Definition and Meaning

Definition of Nurse

Nurse

nurse

Definition/Meaning

(noun)

a person who provides care to people in poor health, especially someone who is professionally trained to do this in a hospital;

e.g. She is nurse in the pediatric department of the hospital.

(verb)

to provide medical care and treatment to someone in poor health, especially as an occupation;

e.g. He helped to nurse his mother back to health. She was hired to nurse in the emergency department of the hospital.

(verb)

broadly, to be protective and/or careful in handling something, either literally in order to treat an injury or figuratively in order to protect something's well-being;

e.g. She didn't want to nurse a sprained ankle while on vacation.

(verb)

to hold on to something for a relatively long period of time, for example to have some feeling or belief for a long time or to take occasional sips from the same drink for a long time;

e.g. They started to nurse a hatred for him because of his rudeness. I tend to nurse the same cup of coffee all through the morning.

(verb)

to feed a baby with breast milk, or to be thus fed with breast milk;

e.g. She went into a different room to nurse her crying baby.