Words / B1

distr-ikt-NURS/ˌdɪstrɪkt ˈnɜːs/

A district nurse (id: district-nurse) is an NHS nurse who visits people at home in a local area (UK). A GP is a doctor in a surgery; a ward nurse works in hospital. Clinics: the district nurse’s home visit is not a GP walk-in; follow the appointment letter.

Meaning

An NHS nurse who visits people at home in a local area (UK).

Examples

• “The district nurse’s home visit is not a GP walk-in; follow the appointment letter.”
• “A district-nurse referral still goes through the GP; a form tutor cannot book the visit.”

Good to know

a district nurse (UK). Contrast: a GP / a ward nurse. NHS / home visits. Countable jobs. Mix-up: a district is an area; the nurse is the visitor, not a school nurse on site.

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