[(1) A registered nurse is a person qualified by graduation from an accredited nursing school (depending upon schooling, a registered nurse may receive either a diploma from a hospital program, an associate degree in nursing (A.D.N.) or a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (B.S.N.), who is licensed or certified by the state, and is practicing within the scope of that license or certification. R.N.'s assist patient in recovering and maintaining their physical or mental health. They assist physicians during treatments and examinations and administer medications. (2) A provider who is trained and educated in a formal nursing education program at an accredited school of nursing, passes a national certification examination, and is licensed by the state to practice nursing. The individual provides nursing services to patients or clients in areas such as health promotion, disease prevention, acute and chronic care and restoration and maintenance of health across the life span.Sources: (2) American Nurses Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 1996 Certification Catalogue, and Rhea, Ott, and Shafritz, The Facts On File Dictionary of Health Care Management, New York: Facts On File Publications, 1988. ( HL7V3.0 )]
UMLS (HL7) C1611839 Relation/PAR: Nursing Service Providers
Relation/CHD: Addiction (Substance Use Disorder)
Ambulatory Care
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Case Management
College Health
Continence Care
Continuing Education/Staff Development
Critical Care Medicine
Diabetes Educator
Dialysis, Peritoneal
Emergency
Enterostomal Therapy
Flight
Gastroenterology
General Practice
Gerontology
Hemodialysis
Home Health
Hospice
Infection Control
Infusion Therapy
Maternal Newborn
Medical-Surgical
Neonatal Intensive Care
Neonatal, Low-Risk
Nephrology
Neuroscience
Nurse Massage Therapist (NMT)
Nutrition Support
Obstetric, High-Risk
Obstetric, Inpatient
Occupational Health
Oncology
Ophthalmic
Orthopedic
Ostomy Care
Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck
Pain Management
Pediatric Oncology
Pediatrics
Perinatal
Plastic Surgery
Psychiatric/Mental Health
Psychiatric/Mental Health, Adult
Psychiatric/Mental Health, Child & Adolescent
Rehabilitation
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
School
Urology
Women's Health Care, Ambulatory
Wound Care
Administrator
Lactation Consultant
Community Health