visiting nurse

noun

Definition of visiting nurse

: a nurse employed by a hospital or social-service agency to perform public health services and especially to visit and provide care for sick persons in a community

Examples of visiting nurse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to the arrest warrant affidavit, a visiting nurse called the state Department of Children and Families after seeing the baby with a swollen and black and blue eye. — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 18 Nov. 2021 Police and medics were called there last week by a visiting nurse who said two staff members had overdosed. — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2021 Mata needed several days of infusions and was able to get that care at home from a visiting nurse who also connected her with a doctor every morning. — Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Sep. 2021 Inspectors found the nursing home waited eight hours to send a lethargic COVID-positive resident with low oxygen levels to the hospital, despite a visiting nurse practitioner’s order. — jsonline.com, 9 Apr. 2021 That might include things like having a visiting nurse come to the home, oxygen in the home, and physical therapy. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 5 Oct. 2020 After her son's birth, Paulson received help from a new support team including Rock County home visiting nurse and staff with Head Start, the Birth to 3 Program and the Children's Long Term Support Program. — Hillary Gavan, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020 Phyllis, who worked as a visiting nurse for Inova Home Health in Fairfax County, was also the resident caretaker of their neighborhood. — Washington Post, 26 June 2020 During typical elections, poll workers known as special voting deputies visit nursing homes to distribute absentee ballots. — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2020 See More

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visiting nurse

noun

Medical Definition of visiting nurse

: a nurse employed (as by a hospital or social-service agency) to perform public health services and especially to visit and provide care for sick persons in a community

— called also public health nurse