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Nursing vs. Nursery — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Nursing and Nursery

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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

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