Fostering as a profession (7)
I believe the answer is:
nursing
'a profession' is the definition.
(I know that nursing is a type of health profession)
'fostering as' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nursing that I've seen before include "now a graduate profession" , "Patient care" , "Tending (patients)" , "Feeding baby" , "Caring profession" .)