probationer
1
7.4
- noun
- /prəˈbeɪʃənər/
- UK
:
enfermera en prácticas
- After completing her training as a probationer, she was excited to receive her nursing license.
Examples
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Mary worked with the nurses and other probationers for three days straight, hearing stories the ambulance drivers told.
Fiction book (1996) -
The second probationer spoke about how important student evaluations are, how you can learn from them, and how good they really are.
Academic text (1993) -
A probationer in the 19th century would have been lower middle-class.
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She was 17 then and had worked as a probationer for only a week, sterilizing the towels, dressings, and instruments in the operating room.
Fiction book (1996) -
That it was probationers themselves who had been asked to deliver these dispiriting messages on topics they might have the most anxiety about was both sad and alarming.
Academic text (1993) -
During her probationary period, the probationer gained valuable hands-on experience in the hospital.
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The probationer attended daily training sessions to improve her nursing skills and patient care.
Synonyms
3
2.6
A person training to be a nurse who has not yet qualified
A person who finished nursing school training but is not yet licensed to work as a nurse
Antonyms
3
2.7
A person who has studied health care and gives medical help in hospitals or clinics
How Qualified
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Probationer comes from the Latin probare meaning 'to test' and shares the same root as prove. That's why a probationer is a nurse in a trial period who is being 'tested' before full qualification.