student nurse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of student nurse
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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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
Lucy Letby failed her final year student nurse placement because she was "cold" and lacking empathy with patients and families, a public inquiry has heard.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024
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 pair were investigated after a student nurse witnessed events on a work placement at the hospital's stroke unit and told senior managers in November 2018 who called in the police.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 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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