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District nurse is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DISTRICT NURSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

district nurse

District nurse

District Nurses are senior nurses in the United Kingdom's National Health Service who manage care within the community, leading teams of community nurses and support workers, as well as visiting house-bound patients to provide advice and care such as palliative care, wound management, catheter and continence care and medication support. District nurses are able to prescribe medication to patients in a similar way to General Practitioner doctors, as Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribers under the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary for Community Practitioners (Part XVIIB(i) of the Drug Tariff), depending on individual qualifications. They may be trained to assess patient's needs for equipment provision such as mobility and independent living aids, medical equipment such as specialist beds and mattresses, as well as guidance in applying for grants and welfare benefits. Their work involves both follow-up care for recently discharged hospital inpatients and longer term care for chronically ill patients who may be referred by many other services, as well as working collaboratively with general practitioners in preventing unnecessary or avoidable hospital admissions.

Definition of district nurse in the English dictionary

The definition of district nurse in the dictionary is a nurse employed within the National Health Service to attend patients in a particular area, usually by visiting them in their own homes.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISTRICT NURSE

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district
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district heating
district high school
District of Columbia
District Six
distringas
Distrito Federal
distrix

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISTRICT NURSE

agency nurse
charge nurse
consultant nurse
course
day nurse
dental nurse
head nurse
hospital nurse
male nurse
night nurse
nurse
nursery nurse
paediatric nurse
practical nurse
practice nurse
registered nurse
staff nurse
student nurse
visiting nurse
wet nurse
wet-nurse

Synonyms and antonyms of district nurse in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «district nurse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISTRICT NURSE

Find out the translation of district nurse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of district nurse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «district nurse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

区护士
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfermera del distrito
570 millions of speakers

English

district nurse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिले नर्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ممرضة المنطقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

участковая медсестра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enfermeira distrito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জেলা হাই স্কুল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

infirmière de district
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sekolah menengah daerah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gemeindeschwester
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地区看護師
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지구 간호사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekolah menengah ing kabupaten
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

y tá huyện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாவட்ட உயர்நிலை பள்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिल्हा हायस्कूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ilçe lisesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infermiere di distretto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powiat pielęgniarka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дільнична медсестра
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asistenta medicala district
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιοχή νοσοκόμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verpleegkundige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

distriktssköterska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

distriktet sykepleier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of district nurse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTRICT NURSE»

The term «district nurse» is regularly used and occupies the 78.157 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTRICT NURSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about district nurse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTRICT NURSE»

Discover the use of district nurse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to district nurse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nurse On Call: The True Story of a 1950s District Nurse
' Training in a hospital in the 1930s, Edith Cotterill's long hours on the wards included encouraging leeches to attach to patients (a task much harder than you might think) and the disposal in the furnace of amputated limbs.
Edith Cotterill, 2010
2
District Nurse
Born in Belfast, Patricia Jordan left for England to train as a nurse in the 1940s and DISTRICT NURSE is her moving and humorous account of life as a visiting nurse in a small English town.
Patricia Jordan, 2012
3
Nursing: The Reflective Approach to Adult Nursing Practice
The case load The district nurse's case load will vary from one geographical area to another, but it is usually wide and varied, with many patients being visited in their own homes. Basic nursing care may constitute a considerable part of the ...
Ann Faulkner, 1996
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Community Health Care Nursing
The aims of the district nurse are multi-faceted: to lead community nursing teams to prevent ill-health and to keep people healthy, thus avoiding the need for medical care; to provide support for those living with long-term conditions so that they ...
David Sines, Mary Saunders, Janice Forbes-Burford, 2013
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Community Palliative Care: The Role of the Clinical Nurse ...
Today's district nurse provides a modern service which is accessible, meets the needs of patients and carers and is delivered within the patient's own home. District nurses are registered nurses who have undertaken additional post registration ...
Sandra Aitken, 2009
6
The District Nurse
This illuminating book shows how the role of the district nurse has moved on greatly since Queen Victoria's Jubilee, expanding and developing to provide a broad range of invaluable health care services in the community.
Susan Cohen, 2010
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Public Health Nursing: Practicing Population-based Care
From that early suc- cess the promoter of this experiment, William Rathbone, expanded this work, dividing Liverpool into 18 districts and supplying each district with its own district nurse (Hughes). The adoption of this successful form of nursing ...
Marie Truglio-Londrigan, Sandra Lewenson, 2013
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Implementing Clinical Guidelines: A Practical Guide
Table 7.1 Comparison of 1 st and 2nd audit scores Nursing assessment Treatment Health Total education Target score 22 11 9 42 Actual scores Audits 1sf 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd District Nurse 1 12 20 10 11 5 8 27 39 District Nurse 2 14 ...
Debra Humphris, Peter Littlejohns, Professor Peter Littlejohns, 1999
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Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-intermediate Student's ...
c 4.5Vivien, the Ward Nurse, is phoning Fiona, at District Nurse Liaison. Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions. 1 Why did Vivien phone Fiona? 2 What does the District Nurse need to do? 3 How often does the District ...
Virginia Allum, Patricia McGarr, 2010
10
Individualized Healthcare Plans for the School Nurse: ...
... N.C.S.N. School Nurse and District Coordinator, District 504, Sweetwater County School District Number One, Rock Sprints, Wyoming Lorali Gray, R.N., B.S.N., M.Ed., N.C.S.N. District Nurse, Mount Baker School District, Deming, Washington ...
Cynthia K. Silkworth, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTRICT NURSE»

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Community health in healthy communities
Murders aside, this series presents a somewhat romanticised picture of medical care in the 1950s when the local doctor and district nurse took ... «The Age, Jul 15»
2
Dr James Davies interview: the GP/MP championing general …
... was a medical professional and whose wife is a district nurse, tells GPonline that part of his new role will be to champion general practice. «GP online, Jul 15»
3
Alresford history explored through latest in booklet series
... and Ethel Gee); Hudson's Summer in the Itchen Valley; The District Nurse & the Ropley Coffee Rooms; and Sheep Fairs (and fields). «Hampshire Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Motherhood - 8 truths about the first two weeks...
The District Nurse: About three days after you get home, the district nurse calls around with more paper work in the form of leaflets. Many, many ... «Entertainment.ie, Jul 15»
5
Southport woman waited two hours for an ambulance after falling on …
“A district nurse was passing, and between myself, a midwife neighbour and two school girls, we managed to help her, but she bumped the ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
6
Kirkbymoorside stalwart honoured with award
June Cook, who was the Kirkbymoorside district nurse for many years and also midwife until she retired, is involved in a number of local groups and charities, ... «Gazette & Herald, Jul 15»
7
Dr Zoe Norris :The Silent Casualties of the NHS
She needs continuity, to build a relationship with a GP, with a district nurse, who can gradually try and help her understand that she needs ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
8
Cassia County School Nurse Gets State Award
She was named the School District Nurse of the Year last month by the School Nurse Organization of Idaho. “It has been a wonderful, ... «Twin Falls Times-News, Jul 15»
9
Letters: There are things moderate Muslims can do to stop the …
Anyone over 18 with a terminal illness of any kind, not just cancer, can be referred to Marie Curie by their GP or district nurse. They work ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Stortford and Sawbridgeworth community nurse Hazel Beavis retires …
In January 1978, she was appointed as a district nurse working in the Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth areas as part of the community ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»

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