visiting nurse
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ nɜrs/
- Specialized
:
enfermera a domicilio
- Visiting nurses can administer pain medication and ensure follow-up and compliance with the health care plan.
- visiting nurse associations
- visiting nurse services
Examples
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The visiting nurse, who has been with her for a decade, recommends hospice.
Blog text (13) -
The visiting nurse arrived early in the morning to check on the patient's recovery.
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The visiting nurse should be here in a while.
Fiction book (1994) -
"I'll get a visiting nurse," she told him.
Fiction book (1995) -
There are several doctors and visiting nurses in our district.
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The patient, family, or visiting nurse must be willing and able to manage the skilled aspects of the patient's care needs.
Academic text (1990) -
These days I work for a Boston agency called Protemp as a visiting nurse.
Fiction book (2001) -
Visiting nurses are braving difficult and still dangerous conditions to get to their patients.
Blog text (9) -
The most common services were visiting nurse services, home health attendant, and transfer to a skilled nursing home.
Academic text (2005) -
Many families rely on a visiting nurse to help manage care for their loved ones at home.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a nurse who provides care in patients' homes' is directly derivable from combining 'visiting' (going to see or visit) with 'nurse' (a trained caregiver): i.e., a nurse who visits patients. This is a regular participial adjective + noun composition common across languages, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Visiting nurse comes from the simple picture of a nurse who is visiting patients in their homes instead of working in a hospital. That's why it means 'a nurse who gives medical care at someone's home'.