ˈnursedom [nurse n.1] An organized system of nurses; the ways of nurses. 1881in Ld. Tennyson Mem. Tennyson (1897) II. 499 note, Another of the London hospitals is in danger of entering upon a career of rampant nursedom.1883Pall Mall G. 26 Sept. 3/2 A pernicious device of antiquated nursedom.