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noun · A2Nurse
NURS/nɜːs/
A nurse cares for people who are ill: a hospital nurse, a nurse on night duty, trained as a nurse. Doctor diagnoses and leads treatment; a nurse often gives daily care. Male and female staff are both nurses in modern English — not “male nurse” unless you need to stress it. Nursing is the job/study. In hospital, ask the nurse is everyday.
Meaning
A person whose job is to care for people who are ill.
Examples
- “The nurse checked the patient’s temperature.”
- “The nurse showed her how to take the medicine.”
- “He works as a nurse in the children’s ward.”
Good to know
a hospital nurse. Contrast: doctor. Job/study: nursing.
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