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Nurses

"Nurses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nurses" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nurses" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 34 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2017
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