Category: N

Heavy sweating when a person is asleep at night. Hot flashes that occur at night. Most women experience hot flashes, or sudden, brief increases in body temperature for about 1 to 2 years during menopause, as the body begins to produce less estrogen. In addition to an increase in the temperature of the skin, hot…

A nurse who is on duty at night.  

A dream which frightens the dreamer. Dream that arouses feelings of fear, terror, panic, or anxiety. A frightening dream that often causes the dreamer to awaken. Nightmares come during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep in the middle and later parts of the night. A nightmare can be a reaction to a medication, a scary movie,…

An old-fashioned type of long ward with a row of beds along each wall and a centrally placed point for the nurse in charge to work from.  

The situation of working at night.  

The act of winking.  

The use of nicotine patches or other products to help during an attempt to give up smoking.  

Poisoning of the autonomic nervous system with large quantities of nicotine. Toxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of nicotine. Nicotine poisoning is characterized at first by nervous system stimulation, followed by depression, leading, if untreated, to respiratory failure.  

A patch containing nicotine which is released slowly into the bloodstream, applied to the skin as a method of curing nicotine addiction. Patch, typically worn over the arm or chest, that contains doses of nicotine for transdermal administration; it relieves nicotine withdrawal symptoms and is offered to smokers who wish to eradicate the habit; side…

An addiction to nicotine, derived from smoking tobacco.