registered nurse

noun

1. a graduate nurse who has passed a state board examination and been registered and licensed to practice nursing. R.N.

Word History and Origins

Origin of registered nurse¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Up to 31,000 registered nurses, nurse anesthetists, pharmacists, midwives, physician assistants, rehab therapists, speech language pathologists and other specialists are involved in the planned five-day strike.

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Among registered nurses, the biggest looming shortages over the next decade are in San Francisco, the Central Valley and Central Coast regions, UC San Francisco has found.

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However, Trebach was released from the federal detention center in Los Angeles on Saturday night without criminal charges, according to National Nurses United, a union and professional association of registered nurses.

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A woman has been arrested in the US on suspicion of posing as a registered nurse.

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The other woman is Helena Bake, of Perth, Australia, a registered nurse Mays affectionately refers to as “Precious.”

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