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Descriptor English: Nursing, Private Duty
Descriptor Spanish: Práctica Privada de Enfermería
Descriptor práctica privada de la enfermería
Scope note: Práctica de la enfermería ejercida por profesionales que atienden a un paciente específico en una institución sanitaria o a domicilio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Prática Privada de Enfermagem
Descriptor French: Soins infirmiers en pratique privée
Entry term(s): Nursing, Private Practice
Private Duty Nursing
Private Practice Nursing
Tree number(s): N04.452.758.377.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009744
Scope note: The practice of nursing by a registered or licensed nurse to care for a specific patient in a health facility or in the home.
Annotation: IM; coord with specific nurs specialty (IM); DF: NURS PRIVATE DUTY
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Nursing (1966)
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67
Entry Version: NURS PRIVATE DUTY
DeCS ID: 29492
Unique ID: D009744
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1994/05/05
Nursing, Private Duty - Preferred
Concept UI M0015112
Scope note The practice of nursing by a registered or licensed nurse to care for a specific patient in a health facility or in the home.
Preferred term Nursing, Private Duty
Entry term(s) Nursing, Private Practice
Private Duty Nursing
Private Practice Nursing



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