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

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The woman was home with her ill husband, expecting the visiting nurse to come and care for him. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026 Lizzie Frederick was one of the mothers whose postpartum symptoms were caught early by a visiting nurse. — Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 20 Jan. 2026 New Jersey passed a law in 2018 allowing home health care workers, visiting nurses and others to apply for a placard similar to an accessible parking tag to place in their cars. — Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 At $1600 per patient per year, the telehealth program costs vastly less than visiting nurses ($13 121) or nursing home care ($77 745). — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2011 See All Example Sentences for visiting nurse

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First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of visiting nurse was in 1918

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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

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