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student nurse

American  

noun

  1. a person who is training to be a nurse at a nursing school or hospital.


Etymology

Origin of student nurse

First recorded in 1930–35

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QUB student nurse Louise Bradford said the introduction of this training is "absolutely fantastic" as it will "make a change and maybe even save a life".

From BBC Nov. 11, 2025

The parents of a student nurse who took her own life are calling for a change in the law to ensure mental health patients are supported with decisions about their care.

From BBC May 15, 2025

A student nurse cleared of plotting to kidnap a baby from a neonatal ward said her experience of the justice system had left her "smashed".

From BBC Sep. 4, 2024

The condition was so debilitating for Ms Cutler that she had to give up being a student nurse at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, and now runs her own home care business.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2024

When she was eighteen, inflamed by a biography of Florence Nightingale, she enrolled as a student nurse at St. Rose’s Hospital in Great Bend, Kansas.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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