Associate in Nursing
- noun
- /əˈsoʊsiˌeɪt ɪn ˈnɜːrsɪŋ/
- US
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título de asociado en enfermería
- With an Associate in Nursing, you may be eligible to take the state licensure exam.
Examples
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She earned her Associate in Nursing before continuing her studies for a bachelor's degree.
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Many community colleges offer an Associate in Nursing for aspiring healthcare professionals.
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She earned her Associate in Nursing last year.
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Many students pursue an Associate in Nursing degree.
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Many community colleges offer an Associate in Nursing program for aspiring healthcare professionals.
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She earned her Associate in Nursing degree before continuing her studies for a bachelor's degree.
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With an Associate in Nursing, you may be eligible to take the state licensure exam.
Synonyms
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3.7
A two-year college degree given by community colleges
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A qualification that a college gives after about two years of study, shorter than a bachelor's degree
A two-year college degree for people training to be nurses
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'associate' (a two-year degree) + 'in' + 'nursing' straightforwardly denotes a two-year degree in the field of nursing. The 'X in Y' pattern for fields of study is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English noun phrase formation, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Associate in Nursing uses associate in the sense 'someone linked with' the work, so picture a person joining the nursing team, and nursing is the care of patients. It was created as a shorter, two-year course to connect students with real nursing work, so today the phrase means a two-year nursing qualification that helps you 'become a nurse'.