nurse
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1.0
- noun
- /nɜrs/
:
enfermero
- I was a nurse at Sunnyslope when he was a patient there.
- practice nurse
- physician and nurse
- nurse prescriber
So stay at home, mom, nurse, doctor, teacher.
- So stay at home, mom, nurse, doctor, teacher.
- All the while my nurse was trying to track down my husband.
- He met my mom, a scrappy, beautiful nurse from South Boston.
- I mean, they were a Hospice nurse for quite some time.
- Yeah, but I'm a nurse and I work shifts at night.
- You know, they, they, these nurses, they are well educated.
- And she said you have to see my my special nurse, his name is Joe.
- Now she's an ex nurse, she knows what marks.
- I, if my husband is sick, I'm more Nurse Ratchet than Nurse Nightingale.
- But it's not odd to say male nurse, male childcare worker.
- There are actually very few male nurses, as you said, male psychologists.
- I'm crying and next door this army chick nurse, she heard me crying.
Examples
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In my case, I became a nurse because I wanted to be a nurse.
Academic text (2015) -
When I was in the hospital, the nurse was always there to help me with my needs.
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All the while my nurse was trying to track down my husband.
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You were a nurse in World War II.
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When I began my career as a nurse, I took it as a job.
Academic text (2015) -
The nurse said that Mum woke up just before she died.
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Turns out she's a retired nurse.
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In the intensive care unit, six doctors and 34 nurses are on duty for him.
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Patients often feel they have a better rapport with nurses than with their medical counterparts.
Academic text (2012) -
He met my mom, a scrappy, beautiful nurse from South Boston.
Synonyms
19
2.8
A trained health worker who cares for sick people and has official permission to work
14
3.4
A nurse who finished training and has official permission to work as one
3
2.7
A person who has studied health care and gives medical help in hospitals or clinics
2
4.4
A nurse with a government license who gives routine care to sick people
1
3.6
A trained health worker who gives basic care to sick people under a senior health worker
Compounds
- Specialized
19
2.8
A trained health worker who cares for sick people and has official permission to work
- Specialized
14
3.8
A health worker with extra training who can find and treat illnesses
3
2.7
A person who has studied health care and gives medical help in hospitals or clinics
2
6.3
A slow shark that lives on warm shallow sea floors and has small whiskers near its mouth
- Specialized
2
3.9
A hospital worker who helps the surgeon during surgery by keeping things sterile and handing instruments
- Specialized
1
3.8
A trained health worker who cares for women in pregnancy and helps them give birth
- Specialized
1
3.6
A trained health worker who gives basic care to sick people under a senior health worker
- Specialized
1
3.5
A trained health worker allowed by the state to give basic medical care under a doctor or senior medical worker
- Specialized
A person who finished nursing school training but is not yet licensed to work as a nurse
- Formal
The way a nurse and a patient work together, with the nurse trying to help and protect the patient's health
A trained health worker who is registered and can do many tasks doctors usually do
How Qualified
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nurse comes from an old word that meant 'to feed' or 'care for', the same idea behind nourish and nurture. So a nurse is someone who looks after people and helps them get better.