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Nurse's Role
Nurse's Role (MeSH D024802): the expected function of a member of the nursing profession, covering nursing definitions, scope of practice, APRN roles, licensure, standards documents, and evidence on nurse-led care outcomes.
Nursery Cryme
Nursery Cryme, Genesis's third studio album (Charisma CAS 1052, November 1971), debuts the classic lineup of Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, and Rutherford; recorded at Trident Studios with producer John Anthony, featuring "The Musical Box" and "The Return of the Giant Hogweed".
Nursery rhyme
Nursery rhyme, also called Mother Goose rhyme: short anonymous songs or verses sung to or by young children, rooted in oral tradition, first printed in Tommy Thumb's Song Book (1744), term coined in 1824.
Nursery web spider
Nursery web spiders, family Pisauridae Simon, 1890, are worldwide active-hunting spiders, 52 genera and 365 species, that carry egg sacs in their jaws and build guarded nursery webs; fishing spiders (Dolomedidae) were split off in 2025.
Nurses
Nurses are healthcare professionals qualified by accredited nursing school and a national licensing exam, and the largest occupational group in the health sector, at 29.8 million in 2023.
Nurses (Canadian TV series)
Nurses is a Canadian medical drama series created by Adam Pettle. It premiered on Global Television Network in 2020 and was picked up by NBC for US broadcast.
Nurses' Health Study
The Nurses' Health Study is an American cohort study, begun in 1976 with 121,700 nurses, that examines how diet, lifestyle, and other factors affect long-term health in women.
NURSEXPERIENCE study
NURSEXPERIENCE (NCT06264037) is a qualitative phenomenological study at IRCCS San Camillo, Venice, on the hospitalization experience of neurorehabilitation patients with stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or post-oncological neurosurgery; 37 patients interviewed, five themes reported.
Nursia
Nursia (Greek Noursia), ancient Sabine city in the upper Nar valley, modern Norcia, Umbria; Roman municipium, birthplace of Sertorius, Vespasia Polla, and St. Benedict; Pleiades 413229.
Nursing
Nursing: regulated health profession of autonomous, collaborative care across all settings; nearly 50% of the global health workforce, 29.8 million nurses in 2023, founded as a modern profession by Florence Nightingale.
Nursing Assistants
Nursing assistants (CNAs, nursing aides) are unlicensed caregivers providing basic care and activities of daily living under licensed nurses' supervision; about 1.5 million U.S. jobs, median pay $42,260 (May 2025), state certification required.
Nursing Care
Nursing care is person-centered, evidence-informed care by nurses, the largest health occupational group (29.8 million in 2023). Covers the nursing process, Nightingale's 1860 founding school, staffing-outcome evidence, and global workforce shortages.
Nursing care plan
A nursing care plan is a structured document recording a patient's priority problems as nursing diagnoses, with goals, planned interventions, and evaluation of the response.
Nursing diagnosis
A nursing diagnosis is a standardized clinical judgment about a person, family, or community's response to a health condition, chosen from an approved classification and treated independently by nurses.
Nursing home
Nursing home: residential facility providing skilled nursing and long-term care, also called skilled nursing facility (SNF). Over 15,000 US Medicare/Medicaid-certified homes with ~1.2 million residents; 2024 federal minimum staffing rule of 3.48 hours per resident day was struck down.
Nursing Interventions Classification
The Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) is a standardized, research-based taxonomy that names, defines, and codes nursing treatments, created at the University of Iowa and first published in 1992.
Nursing management (Nurs Manag (Harrow))
Nursing Management (Nurs Manag (Harrow), ISSN 1354-5760) is a peer-reviewed English nursing leadership journal begun in 1994, continuing Senior nurse, published by RCNi, MEDLINE-indexed, print ceased 2023.
Nursing management (Nurs Manage)
Nursing Management (Nurs Manage, ISSN 0744-6314) is a US monthly peer-reviewed journal for nurse leaders, founded 1981, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, MEDLINE- and Scopus-indexed, distinct from the UK title and Wiley's Journal of Nursing Management.
Nursing Outcomes Classification
The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) is a standardized, research-based classification of measurable patient outcomes for evaluating nursing care, first published in 1997 by University of Iowa researchers.
Nursing process
The nursing process is a systematic five-step framework, assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation (ADPIE), that nurses use to organize patient-centered care; an extended ADOPIE version adds outcome identification.
Nursing research
Nursing research: systematic inquiry building nursing's knowledge base, from Florence Nightingale's 1850s Crimean War work through the 1952 journal Nursing Research, grand nursing theories, and NIH's NINR.
Nursing Services
Nursing Services: the organization and administration of nursing activities (MeSH D009739, 1978). Covers staffing models, care delivery, workforce planning; 29.8 million nurses globally in 2023.
Nursing simulation
Nursing simulation is an education method that reproduces clinical situations with manikins, standardized patients, or virtual scenarios so nursing students can learn and be assessed on skills.
Nursultan Nazarbayev (Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев)
Nursultan Nazarbayev (Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев), born 1940, led Kazakhstan from 1989 and was its first president 1991-2019; his Elbasy privileges were abolished 2022-2023 under Tokayev.
Nursulton Ruziboev
Nursulton "Black" Ruziboev (born 1993, Shahrixon, Uzbekistan) is a UFC middleweight, 37-10-2 (2 NC), 13 KO and 21 submission wins, UFC record 5-2, debut July 1, 2023.
Nuru (massage)
Nuru massage (ぬるぬる, "slippery") is a Japanese body-to-body massage from Kawasaki's soapland culture using nori seaweed gel on an air mattress; distinct from oil, Swedish, and soapy massage.
Nuruddin al-Raniri
Nuruddin al-Raniri was a Gujarati-born Islamic scholar of Hadrami descent who served as Shaykh al-Islam at the Aceh court, wrote the Bustan al-Salatin, and purged wujudiyyah Sufism.
Nurul Izzah Anwar
Nurul Izzah Anwar, eldest daughter of Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim, is a PKR politician, former MP for Lembah Pantai and Permatang Pauh, and PKR deputy president (2025–2028) who took study leave in August 2026.
Nurullo Aliev (Нурулло Алиев)
Nurullo Aliev (Нурулло Алиев), "Tajik Eagle", is an undefeated Tajikistani UFC lightweight, 12-0 as a professional, signed via Dana White's Contender Series 2022 after a first-round TKO of Josh Wick; all four UFC wins are decisions.
Nusa Penida
Nusa Penida: largest of Bali's three Nusa islands in Klungkung Regency, Indonesia; a 2010 marine protected area with 296 coral and 576 fish species, IMO PSSA since 2024, and a major tourism destination facing carrying-capacity limits.