Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to modifier: dangling modifier, misplaced modifier. Modifiers are, quite simply, any word or group of words that modifies (describes or elaborates upon) another element in a sentence. Modifiers can either be adjectives, which modify nouns (or sometimes pronouns), or adverbs, which modify pretty much everything else (usually verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs). Whether a modifier is an adjective or adverb depends on what it modifies and how it functions in a sentence.
Steven Edwards' Philosophy of Nursing is a book that must be read by any nursing school faculty member who teaches nursing theory as well as anyone interested in developing a more indepth understanding of the nature of nursing. This book is unique in that it examines nursing theory from a philosophical perspective.
Barrier nursing is a method to regulate and maximize the amount of compromise being taken in isolation care, while also preventing the disease from spreading.