nursing care
Professional patient support
Nursing care is the professional attention provided by nurses to patients—monitoring health, administering medications, dressing wounds, and assisting with daily needs.
The term often appears in institutional contexts: The facility provides round-the-clock nursing care.
It can also refer to home health services: She required nursing care after the surgery.
- infection controlPreventing pathogen transmission
- wound dressingProtective covering for injuries
- bed bathWashing someone in place
- pain managementReducing patient suffering medically
- health screeningsPreventive medical tests
call bell · active listening · empathy · family updates · grief support · patient assessment · bereavement support · caregiver training · bedside manner · blood pressure · medication management · mental health services · scrubs · grief counseling · IV · mental health advocacy · pulse · thermometer
- health servicespediatrics, geriatrics, medical aid, hospice, rehabilitation services
- senior livingassisted living, retirement, independent living, seniors, retirees
- Assisted Living Servicesassisted living, medication management, mobility aids, wheelchair assistance
- disability carewheelchairs, mobility aids, assistive devices, caregivers, medical equipment
- Nursing TermsLPN, nursing assistant, medication administration
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
nursing careself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
self-treatment · self-medication · home remedies · patient autonomy · self-management
nursing careneglect
Failure to provide care
medical neglect · patient neglect · abandonment · negligence · mistreatment
nursing caresurgical intervention
Invasive medical procedure
emergency surgery · acute care · intensive care · critical care · surgical treatment