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2. Nursing - Wikipedia

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   Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence". [1] Nurses practice in many specialties with ...

3. What is a Registered Nurse? What They Do and How to Become One

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   There are multiple educational pathways to becoming a registered nurse. Education for an RN can include: a Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN), which typically takes 4 years. an Associate’s ...

4. Medical-surgical nursing - Wikipedia

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   Medical-surgical nursing is the largest group of professionals in the field of nursing. Advances in medicine and nursing have resulted in medical-surgical nursing evolving into its own specialty. Many years ago a majority of hospital nurses worked on wards, and everyone was a medical-surgical nurse.

5. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? - WebMD

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   A pediatric nurse practitioner, PNP, focuses on children ranging from birth to age 18. They work as general nurse practitioners do, focusing on child health and wellness. They can do physical ...

6. History of nursing - Wikipedia

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   History of nursing. The word "nurse" originally came from the Latin word "nutrire", meaning to suckle, referring to a wet-nurse; only in the late 16th century did it attain its modern meaning of a person who cares for the infirm. [1]

7. What Is a Registered Nurse? - WebMD

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   Nursing programs are offered at both the associate (ADN) and bachelor (BSN) level. Although the licensure level is the same for both programs, the BSN requires more general and medical coursework.

8. Inpatient vs Outpatient Medical Care: Differences, Procedures ...

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   Inpatient hospital care is usually reserved for more major surgeries or less stable health conditions. In this article, we dig deeper into the difference between outpatient and inpatient care, and ...

9. What is a Licensed Practical Nurse? - WebMD

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   Nursing Homes. Most commonly, LPNs are found in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and hospice care facilities. These are the medical facilities where people need the most day-to-day ...