English > nurse: 7 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | One skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician). |
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| Instances | Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell | English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape |
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| Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp | English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) |
| Sanger, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Higgins Sanger | United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood |
| Member of | nurse-patient relation | The responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient |
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| Narrower | foster-nurse | A nurse who raises another woman's child as her own |
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| graduate nurse, trained nurse | someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school |
| head nurse | The person in charge of nursing in a medical institution |
| licensed practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse | A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick |
| matron | A woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution |
| midwife, accoucheuse | A woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies |
| probationer, student nurse | A nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period |
| registered nurse, RN | A graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration |
| scrub nurse | A nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery |
| visiting nurse | A nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes |
| Broader | health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver | A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
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| Spanish | enfermera, enfermero |
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| Catalan | infermera, infermer |
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| Verbs | nurse | try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury |
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| nurse | serve as a nurse |
