nursing
noun
nurs·ing ˈnər-siŋ 
1
: the profession of a nurse
schools of nursing
2
: the duties of a nurse
proper nursing is difficult work
Example Sentences
She has been employed in nursing for several years now.
Recent Examples on the Web An increase in complaints led the agency and Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to send a letter to nursing homes and their debt collectors reminding them to follow the law. 
Fatima Hussein, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will also be providing resources to nursing homes and long-term care facilities to ensure residents and staff can get the new shots. Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022 The federal government is working to make sure nursing homes and other facilities that serve groups at high risk for Covid-19 receive doses quickly, White House officials said. Liz Essley Whyte, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Most of the nursing homes are operated by two companies, Comprehensive Healthcare and Priority Healthcare. Michael Rubinkam, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 Workers from 14 nursing homes in Pennsylvania went on strike Friday after marathon contract negotiations failed to produce a deal. CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022 Childcare facilities shut down, nursing homes were overrun with COVID, and home care was harder to find but desperately needed. Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Its largest raw material is scrap truck tires, and its biggest markets are nursing homes, hotels, fitness centers, recreation centers, retailers and schools. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2022 Krantz said most have either died, moved away to live with their children, or are in nursing homes. Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant, 30 Aug. 2022 See More
Fatima Hussein, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will also be providing resources to nursing homes and long-term care facilities to ensure residents and staff can get the new shots. Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022 The federal government is working to make sure nursing homes and other facilities that serve groups at high risk for Covid-19 receive doses quickly, White House officials said. Liz Essley Whyte, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Most of the nursing homes are operated by two companies, Comprehensive Healthcare and Priority Healthcare. Michael Rubinkam, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 Workers from 14 nursing homes in Pennsylvania went on strike Friday after marathon contract negotiations failed to produce a deal. CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022 Childcare facilities shut down, nursing homes were overrun with COVID, and home care was harder to find but desperately needed. Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Its largest raw material is scrap truck tires, and its biggest markets are nursing homes, hotels, fitness centers, recreation centers, retailers and schools. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2022 Krantz said most have either died, moved away to live with their children, or are in nursing homes. Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant, 30 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1533, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Phrases Containing nursing
Medical Definition
nursing
noun
nurs·ing
1
: the profession of a nurse
schools of nursing
2
: the duties of a nurse
proper nursing is difficult work
nursing
verb
1
as in healing
to attend to the needs and comforts of willingly lent a hand to nurse his grandmother in her final years, helping her get from one room to the other and making sure she was warm Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- healing
- mothering
- treating
- supporting
- aiding
- looking after
- looking to
- doing for
- waiting on
- administering (to)
- seeing to
- doctoring
- ministering (to)
- taking care of
- curing
- waiting upon
- preserving
- conserving
- looking out for
- spoiling
- babying
- pampering
- remedying
- coddling
- mollycoddling
- caring (for)
- humoring
- indulging
- catering (to)
- providing (for)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ignoring
- neglecting
- forgetting
- overlooking
- brushing (aside or off)
- slighting
2
as in breast-feeding
to give milk to from the breast a new mother's decision to nurse her baby Synonyms & Similar Words
- breast-feeding
- suckling
- bottle-feeding
- wet-nursing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- weaning
3
as in having
to keep in one's mind or heart he continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend Synonyms & Similar Words
- having
- holding
- retaining
- cherishing
- entertaining
- nurturing
- keeping
- fostering
- carrying
- cultivating
- harboring
- sustaining
- hugging
- maintaining
- bearing
- remembering
- supporting
- preserving
- treasuring
- holding on to
- hanging on to
- cleaving (to)
- clinging (to)
- sticking (to)
- brooding (about or over)
- obsessing (about or over)
- fixating (on or upon)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ignoring
- neglecting
- declining
- forgetting
- disregarding
- dropping
- denying
- overlooking
- refusing
- rejecting
- abandoning
- quitting
- scorning
- disdaining
- forsaking
- discarding
- repudiating
- renouncing
- parting (with)
- abjuring
- deserting
- throwing out
- expunging
- erasing
- giving up
4
as in spoiling
to treat with great or excessive care nursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week Synonyms & Similar Words
- spoiling
- mothering
- dandling
- babying
- pampering
- indulging
- mollycoddling
- wet-nursing
- coddling
- cosseting
- cockering
- pleasing
- appeasing
- satisfying
- humoring
- delighting
- contenting
- soothing
- gratifying
- catering (to)
- placating
- obliging
- pacifying
- mollifying
- gladdening
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- maltreating
- disciplining
- abusing
- mistreating
- restraining
- controlling
- manhandling
- mishandling
- misusing
- neglecting
- ill-using
- oppressing
- ill-treating
- hurting
- violating
- molesting
- tormenting
- torturing
- overlooking
- harassing
- slighting
- harming
- victimizing
- injuring
- oppressing
- outraging
- persecuting
5
as in teaching
to bring to maturity through care and education as foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years Synonyms & Similar Words
- teaching
- nurturing
- fostering
- raising
- breeding
- feeding
- nourishing
- rearing
- mothering
- schooling
- training
- educating
- promoting
- watching
- fathering
- attending
- mentoring
- cradling
- cultivating
- bringing up
- tutoring
- disciplining
- instructing
- supplying
- shepherding
- preparing
- leading
- edifying
- guiding
- ministering (to)
- furthering
- enlightening
- advancing
- indoctrinating
- forwarding
- minding
- showing
- directing
- caring (for)
- providing (for)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- maltreating
- abusing
- mistreating
- ignoring
- neglecting
- mishandling
- hurting
- ill-using
- ill-treating
- harming
- injuring
6
as in nurturing
to help the growth or development of her teachers did much to nurse her literary talent Synonyms & Similar Words
- nurturing
- promoting
- fostering
- encouraging
- cultivating
- advancing
- nourishing
- assisting
- furthering
- incubating
- forwarding
- advocating
- advertising
- supporting
- funding
- financing
- underwriting
- championing
- aiding
- endorsing
- upholding
- backing
- subsidizing
- patronizing
- publicizing
- boosting
- plugging
- endowing
- abetting
- staking
- indorsing
- touting
- agitating (for)
- campaigning (for)
- working (for)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- preventing
- fighting
- discouraging
- hindering
- inhibiting
- prohibiting
- opposing
- proscribing
- frustrating
- banning
- combatting
- combating
- forbidding
- outlawing
- contending (with)
- battling
- enjoining
- barring
- checking
- countering
- interdicting
- suppressing
- subduing
- stifling
- squashing
- interfering (with)
- hobbling
- repressing
- retarding
- halting
- arresting
- squelching
- impeding
- obstructing
- encumbering
- shackling
- snuffing (out)
- manacling
- fettering
7
as in scanting
to use or give out in stingy amounts he carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch Synonyms & Similar Words
- scanting
- conserving
- sparing
- doling out
- preserving
- shortchanging
- stinting (on)
- skimping (on)
- pinching
- rationing (out)
- portioning (out)
- meting (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- showering
- pouring
- raining
- heaping
- lavishing