usually a trained nurse

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• nurse practitioner — nurse prac titioner n a nurse who is trained to do some of the work that is usually done by a doctor …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• nurse practitioner — nurse prac titioner noun count a nurse who has been trained to treat minor illnesses usually treated by a doctor …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Nurse — A nurse is responsible along with other health care professionals for the treatment, safety, and recovery of acutely or chronically ill/injured people, health maintenance of the healthy, and treatment of life threatening emergencies in a wide… …   Wikipedia

• Nurse — 1) A person trained, licensed, or skilled in nursing. 2) To feed an infant at the breast. * * * 1. To breast feed. 2. To provide care of the sick. 3. One who is educated in the scientific basis of nursing under defined standards of education and… …   Medical dictionary

• nurse — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who is trained to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital: The nurse is coming to give you an injection. | a student nurse (=someone learning to be a nurse) | Nurse Jones | a male nurse 2 old fashioned …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• nurse — I UK [nɜː(r)s] / US [nɜrs] noun [countable] Word forms nurse : singular nurse plural nurses *** 1) a) someone who is trained to look after ill or injured people, usually in a hospital b) someone who performs basic health checks and gives… …   English dictionary

• nurse practitioner — noun a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician • Syn: ↑NP, ↑nurse clinician • Hypernyms: ↑registered nurse, ↑RN * * * ˌnurse pracˈtitioner [nurse practitioner] …   Useful english dictionary

• nurse — nurse1 [ nɜrs ] noun count *** 1. ) someone who is trained to take care of sick or injured people, usually in a hospital a ) someone who performs basic health checks and gives IMMUNIZATIONS at a doctor s SURGERY 2. ) OLD FASHIONED a woman whose… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• nurse practitioner — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms nurse practitioner : singular nurse practitioner plural nurse practitioners a nurse who has been trained to treat minor illnesses that are usually treated by a doctor …   English dictionary

• nurse*/*/ — [nɜːs] noun [C] I someone who is trained to look after ill or injured people, usually in a hospital II verb nurse [nɜːs] 1) [I/T] to look after someone who is ill or injured 2) [T] to feel a strong emotion for a long time He had nursed a grudge ( …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• district nurse — dis·trict nurse .dis trikt n Brit a qualified nurse who is employed by a local authority to visit and treat patients in their own homes compare VISITING NURSE * * * a trained nurse with special training in domiciliary services, usually employed… …   Medical dictionary