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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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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

Llion Wright-Evans, 24 is a student nurse working in one of Glasgow's biggest hospitals.

From BBC Dec. 3, 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

The court heard the pair were investigated after a student nurse witnessed events on work placement at the hospital's stroke unit and told the authorities in November 2018.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2023

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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