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Nurse midwifery

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nurse-midwifenouna registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife
midwifenoun(obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
midwivesnounMidwives: A Novel is a novel by Chris Bohjalian, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in October 1998.
nurse practitionernoun(medicine) A professional nursing designation recognized in some jurisdictions, denoting a person who is fully qualified as a nurse and who has additional qualifications and authorization to provide diagnoses and/or treatments, including writing prescriptions.
registered nursenounA professional nurse who is a licensed graduate of a university or college of nursing who has successfully passed an examination such as NCLEX-RN.
nursing carenouncare by a skilled nurse
practical nursenounA person who is certified to provide custodial care such as help in walking, bathing, and feeding.
nursingnounThe process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
visiting nursenouna nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes
charge nursenounA supervisory nurse, usually assigned for a shift.
night nurse
nursemaidnounA woman or girl employed to care for children.
head nursenouna woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
nursesnounan American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 14, 1991, to May 7, 1994, created and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest, which itself was a spin-off of The Golden Girls.
wet nursenounA woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
obstetricsnoun(medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy.
gynecologynoun(American spelling) The study of, or the branch of medicine specializing in, the medical problems of women, especially disorders of the reproductive organs.
anaesthetistnoun(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthetist; an anaesthesiologist. [(American spelling, Canadian spelling, medicine) One who gives an anesthetic.]
scrub nursenoun(colloquial) A nurse that manages instruments during an operation, assists the surgeon, and performs nursing tasks for the patient.
obstetriciannoun(medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth.

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