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nursing [ˈnɜːsɪŋ] n
(Medicine) a. the practice or profession of caring for the sick and injured b. (as modifier) a nursing home ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations nursing [ˈnɜːsɪŋ] A. N 1. (= career, course, profession) → enfermería f to go in for nursing → hacerse enfermero/a, dedicarse a la enfermería 2. (= care) [of patient] → asistencia f, cuidado m 3. (= suckling) → lactancia f B. CPD nursing auxiliary N (Brit) → auxiliar mf de enfermería nursing college N → escuela f de enfermería nursing home N (for elderly) → hogar m de ancianos; (for convalescents) → clínica f (particular) nursing mother N → madre f que amamanta nursing officer N → enfermero/a m/f nursing staff N → personal m de enfermería nursing [ˈnɜːrsɪŋ] n (= care) → soins mpl adj [mother] → qui allaite modif nursing care → soins mpl spécialisés the nursing profession → la profession d'infirmier nursing staff → personnel m soignant nursing bottle (US) n → biberon m nursing home n (for old people) → maison f de retraite; (for convalescence, rest cure) → maison f de convalescence nursing n (= profession) → Krankenpflege f; she’s going in for nursing → sie will in der Krankenpflege arbeiten (= feeding) → Stillen nt adj attr → Pflege-; abilities → pflegerisch; nursing staff → Pflegepersonal nt; the nursing profession → die Krankenpflege; (= nurses collectively) → die pflegerischen Berufe, die Pflegeberufe pl nursing: nursing auxiliary n → Schwesternhelferin f nursing bottle n (US) → Flasche f, → Fläschchen nt nursing bra n → Still-BH m nursing care n → Pflege f nursing fees pl → Pflegekosten pl nursing home n → Privatklinik f; (Brit: = maternity hospital) → Entbindungsklinik f; (= convalescent home) → Pflegeheim nt nursing officer n (Brit) → Oberpfleger m, → Oberschwester f nursing sister n → Oberschwester f nursing [ˈnɜːsɪŋ] 1. n (care of invalids) → assistenza; (profession) → professione f di infermiere (or di infermiera) she's going in for nursing → ha deciso di fare l'infermiera 2. adj a. (mother) → che allatta b. (of hospital) the nursing staff → gli infermieri, il personale infermieristico nursing auxiliary → infermiere/a non diplomato/a nursing [ˈnɜːsɪŋ] 1. n (care of invalids) → assistenza; (profession) → professione f di infermiere (or di infermiera) she's going in for nursing → ha deciso di fare l'infermiera 2. adj a. (mother) → che allatta b. (of hospital) the nursing staff → gli infermieri, il personale infermieristico nursing auxiliary → infermiere/a non diplomato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This continued for some weeks, the physicians visiting him on alternate days and treating him for two different disorders, with constantly enlarging doses of medicine and more and more rigorous nursing. He told them that steps would be taken immediately to free his serfs- and that till then they were not to be overburdened with labor, women while nursing their babies were not to be sent to work, assistance was to be given to the serfs, punishments were to be admonitory and not corporal, and hospitals, asylums, and schools were to be established on all the estates. The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to be full of soup. |
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