While having an associate's degree or diploma is the minimum educational requirement to work as a neonatal nurse, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing recommends the BSN as the minimum degree for nursing practice (www.aacn.nche.edu).
government. 1  the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
Your government is the system of people, laws, and officials that define and control the country that you live in. The U.S. government, for example, is a representative democracy with three branches. There are many different kinds of government, but they all do essentially the same thing: govern or oversee the rules, regulations, and interactions of the people who live under them.