Occupation or Discipline
pediatric nursing
pe·di·at·ric nurs·ing [ pee-dee-a-trik, ped-ee- nurs-ing ]
Subclass of:
Specialties, Nursing; Care given by nurses
Definitions related to pediatric nursing:
  • Nursing care of children from birth through adolescence.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Nursing care that is specialized for infants, children and adolescents.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The nursing specialty concerning care of children from birth to adolescence. It includes the clinical and psychological aspects of nursing care.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (pediatric/adolescence nursing) Nursing the ill pediatric and adolescent patient
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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