nurse

1. One skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (synset 110386665)
   is a type of: caregiver, health care provider, health professional, pcp, primary care provider - a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
   subtypes:

   • foster-nurse - a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own
   • graduate nurse, trained nurse - someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
   • head nurse - the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution
   • licensed practical nurse, lpn, practical nurse - a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
   • matron - a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
   • accoucheuse, midwife - a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
   • probationer, student nurse - a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period
   • registered nurse, rn - a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration
   • scrub nurse - a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery
   • visiting nurse - a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes
   specific instances:

   • cavell, edith cavell, edith louisa cavell - English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)
   • florence nightingale, lady with the lamp, nightingale - English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
   • margaret higgins sanger, margaret sanger, sanger - United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)
   belongs to: nurse-patient relation - the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
2. A woman who is the custodian of children (synset 110364831)
   is a type of:

   • keeper - someone in charge of other people
   • adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
   subtypes:

   • dry nurse - a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
   • mammy - an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
   • amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
   same as: nanny, nursemaid

1. Try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (synset 200080458)
   "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
   referred to in: medicine, practice of medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
   is a type of: care for, treat - provide treatment for
2. Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) (synset 201777051)
   "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
   is a type of: experience, feel - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
   same as: entertain, harbor, harbour, hold
3. Serve as a nurse;
   Care for sick or handicapped people (synset 202556395)
   is a type of: care, give care - provide care for
4. Treat carefully (synset 202520860)
   "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly"
   is a type of: do by, handle, treat - interact in a certain way
5. Give suck to (synset 201188961)
   "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
   is a type of: feed, give - give food to
   same as: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, suck, suckle, wet-nurse
   verb group: suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth

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