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Descriptor English: Nursing
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermería
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfermagem
Descriptor French: Soins
Entry term(s): Nursings
Tree number(s): H02.478
N04.452.758.377
SH1.020.020.040.030
SP8.946.702.667.579
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009729
Scope note: The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.
Annotation: the nursing profession only: NURSING CARE is for patients; /legislation & jurisprudence = LEGISLATION, NURSING or NURSING (IM) + JURISPRUDENCE (IM); available is /nurs: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.48; DF: NURS
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
IS instrumentation
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Combination: economics:Economics, Nursing
education:Education, Nursing
history:History of Nursing
legislation & jurisprudence:Legislation, Nursing
ethics:Ethics, Nursing
Entry Version: NURS
Related: Economics, Nursing MeSH
Education, Nursing MeSH
History of Nursing MeSH
Legislation, Nursing MeSH
DeCS ID: 29491
Unique ID: D009729
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Nursing - Preferred
Concept UI M0015095
Scope note The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.
Preferred term Nursing
Entry term(s) Nursings



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