Nursing vs. Nursery — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Nursing and Nursery
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Definitions
Nursing
Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care, training, and scope of practice.
Nursery
A room or area in a household set apart for the use of children.
Nursing
The profession of a nurse.
Nursery
A place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents.
Nursing
The tasks or care of a nurse.
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Nursery
A nursery school.
Nursing
In the state of suckling young, lactating.
The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.
Nursery
A place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation.
Nursing
Referring to nurses.
The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.
Nursery
A place in which something is produced, fostered, or developed.
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Nursing
Suckling, such as breastfeeding.
Nursery
(countable) A place where breastfeeding]] or the raising of children is carried on.
Nursing
The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
She went into nursing as a career.
Nursery
(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
Nursing
Present participle of nurse
The mother sat there nursing her baby.
Nursery
A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.
Nursing
Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.
Nursery
A play]] at the same time.
Nursing
The work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm
Nursery
(Philippines) The first year of pre-school.
Nursing
The profession of a nurse
Nursery
A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Nursing
Nourishing at the breast
Nursery
A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
Nursery
(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
Nursery
(sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.
Nursery
(countable) Something which educates and nurtures.
Commerce is the nursery of seamen.
Nursery
Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
Nursery
The act of nursing or rearing.
Nursery
The act of nursing.
Nursery
The place where nursing is carried on
Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven.
Nursery
That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
Nursery
That which is nursed.
Nursery
A child's room for a baby
Nursery
A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions