nursing position
Caregiver work role
A nursing position is a way of holding an infant while breastfeeding—cradling across the body, tucking under the arm (football hold), or lying side by side.
The term also refers to a job in the nursing profession: She applied for a nursing position at the hospital.
Context usually makes clear which meaning applies.
- bedsideNear the mattress
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
- shiftMovement or work period
- RNCertified healthcare professional
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
12 hour shift · hospital · floor · unit · ICU · labor and delivery · caregiver · scrubs · station · rounds · care · clinical · ward · night shift · overtime · burnout · cradling · football hold
professional hierarchy
nursing positionattending physician
Senior doctor supervising care
chief of medicine · medical director · hospital volunteer · candy striper
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