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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

Example Sentences

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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

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 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 student nurse said: "I just jumped in his car and started doing CPR while he was in the driver's seat."

From BBC • Dec. 23, 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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