Health Care

Primary Nursing

The primary responsibility of one nurse for the planning, evaluation, and care of a patient throughout the course of illness, convalescence, and recovery.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The primary responsibility of one nurse for the planning, evaluation, and care of a patient throughout the course of illness, convalescence, and recovery.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Care, Primary Nursing
  • Nursing Care, Primary
  • Primary Nursing Care
  • Nursing, Primary

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with PRIMARY CARE NURSING which refers to methods of patient care by nurses as primary care providers

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History Note

77

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Previous Indexing

  • Nursing Care (1974-1976)
  • Primary Health Care (1974-1976)

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NLM Classification

WY 100

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Primary Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011321. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011321
  2. Primary Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_nursing
  3. Primary Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7243152