NURSE-PATIENT RELATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("nurse-patient relation" is a kind of...):

medical relation (the professional relation between a health care professional and a patient)

Meronyms (members of "nurse-patient relation"):

nurse (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))

patient (a person who requires medical care)