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
Letby's next mentor, Sarah Jane Murphy, said she was "conflicted" about passing the student nurse in light of Ms Lightfoot's comments but said she had met the standards required after the retrieval placement.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024
The student nurse even adopted one peahen who was disabled and could not survive alone.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 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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