The practice of nursing by a registered or licensed nurse to care for a specific patient in a health facility or in the home.
Entrepreneurship
The organization, management, and assumption of risks of a business or enterprise, usually implying an element of change or challenge and a new opportunity.
Private Sector
That distinct portion of the institutional, industrial, or economic structure of a country that is controlled or owned by non-governmental, private interests.
Duty to Warn
A health professional's obligation to breach patient CONFIDENTIALITY to warn third parties of the danger of their being assaulted or of contracting a serious infection.
Private Practice
Practice of a health profession by an individual, offering services on a person-to-person basis, as opposed to group or partnership practice.
Hospitals, Private
A class of hospitals that includes profit or not-for-profit hospitals that are controlled by a legal entity other than a government agency. (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed)