Is Nursing a Subset of Medicine?

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This research paper looks at the definition of medicine and what is required of the field of medicine and compares it to the field of nursing to determine if nursing should be considered a subset of medicine. The paper concludes that often nursing must be applied to individuals even when they don't require actual medical care as medical care is defined, which leads to the conclusion that nursing is not a subset of medicine.

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"Chan Safani and Winkle define medicine as the science associated with the prevention cure and or alleviation of diseases and injuries. On the other hand, Stanhope and Lancaster define nursing as the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm, noting that in some cases this caring factor can and must be applied even when no medical care is needed. In other words, the science of medicine may not be required for certain people, but nursing care still is..."

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