student nurse
3
2.6
- noun
- /ˈstudənt nɜrs/
:
enfermera en formación
- As a student nurse, Jenna learns how to care for patients under the supervision of experienced nurses.
- student nurse placements
- student nurse experiences
- opportunities for student nurses
Examples
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Their experiences were often negative and had repercussions on how they felt about themselves as student nurses and as individuals.
Academic text (2011) -
In the scrub room, Martha quietly listened to two student nurses who stood by the sink, talking.
Fiction book (1994) -
We are just student nurses.
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She's a student nurse, at your service.
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Background to the GP placement project for student nurses.
Academic text (2016) -
For these reasons, universities are seeking to provide new ways of providing appropriate practice placement experiences for student nurses.
Academic text (2016) -
Secondly, the funding provided also recognized the extra work for practice nurses for mentoring student nurses.
Academic text (2016) -
The Australian literature presents some useful insights into the nature of population health learning placements for student nurses.
Academic text (2016) -
Six GP surgeries in South London were selected by the London GP Deanery as placement experiences for student nurses.
Academic text (2016) -
Halcomb et al. (2012) suggest that GP practices are fertile learning opportunities for student nurses.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
1
7.4
A new nurse who works and learns during a short trial period
Antonyms
3
2.7
A person who has studied health care and gives medical help in hospitals or clinics
How Qualified
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a nurse who is still in training' is directly compositional from 'student' (someone learning) + 'nurse' (a healthcare caregiver): a nurse who is a student/trainee. This noun-noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Student nurse comes from combining student (someone learning) and nurse (a healthcare worker). Picture a person in a nurse's uniform who is still studying and practising with patients under a mentor, so it means 'a nurse who is still in training'.