title: Defining nursing: a linguistic view.
abstract: A nurse who has practiced in different countries reflects on the words used in various languages to name our profession, and what those words have to say about the deeper meaning of nursing.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota School of Nursing, USA. deru0011@umn.edu
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: de Ruiter
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D009656:North America; D009729:Nursing; D009626:Terminology as Topic