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

Examples of visiting nurse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cardella said Smith on conditional release is required to take psychotropic medications as prescribed, which are administered by a visiting nurse. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025

Grayson, 63, worked for Elara Caring as a visiting nurse for 15 years. —Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024

Listen to this article A Connecticut home care agency allegedly failed to protect workers against workplace violence, according to a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into a visiting nurse’s death in Willimantic. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024

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

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for visiting nurse

• monodisperse
• adverse
• averse
• coerce
• disburse
• disperse
• diverse
• immerse
• inverse
• obverse
• perverse
• rehearse

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