nursing

nursing, science of providing continuous care for sick or infirm people. While nursing as an occupation has always existed, it is only in fairly recent years that it has developed as a specialized profession.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• History of Nursing
• The Modern Profession
• Bibliography

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