visiting nurse

noun

: 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

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Grayson was a nurse for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for 26 years before serving as a visiting nurse for over a decade, according to her family. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025 New Jersey passed a law in 2018 allowing home health care workers, visiting nurses and others to apply for a placard similar to an accessible parking tag to place in their cars. Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025 To improve the well-being of children and young people in Ukraine, UNICEF supports a range of initiatives, from visiting nurses who provide care for small children and their mothers to sports programs and skills-building opportunities for young people. Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 Many states also have programs such as visiting nurse services to support postpartum women. Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for visiting nurse

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of visiting nurse was in 1918

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“Visiting nurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visiting%20nurse. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

visiting nurse

noun
: 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

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