nurse : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an associate degree in nursing
  AN.
  

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• noun a bachelor's degree in nursing
  BAN.
  

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• noun a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
  

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Dry" nurse`

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1. A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.

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• verb take care of an infant without breastfeeding it
  

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• a nurse; a nourisher. R. Shak.

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• noun a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own
  

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• noun someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
  graduate nurse.
  

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• noun the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution
  

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• noun a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
  LPN; licensed practical nurse.
  

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• a nurse who serves for a month or some short time, esp. one which attends women after childbirth.

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• noun a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
  NP; nurse clinician.
  

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• noun a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest; the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants
  

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• noun a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
  NP; nurse clinician.
  

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• noun small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
  Ginglymostoma cirratum.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A large arctic shark (Somniosus microcephalus), having small teeth and feeble jaws; called also sleeper shark, and ground shark. (b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins.

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• noun someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
  nurse's aide.
  

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• noun a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife
  

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• noun the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
  

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• noun someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
  nurse's aide.
  

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• noun a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children
  feeding bottle; bottle.
  

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• noun care by a skilled nurse
  

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• noun an institution where people are cared for
  home; rest home.
  
  • a home for the elderly

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• noun a school for training nurses
  nursing school.
  

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• noun a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
  LPN; licensed practical nurse.
  

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• noun a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration
  RN.
  

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• noun a school for training nurses
  nursing school.
  

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• noun a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery
  

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• noun a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period
  probationer.
  

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• to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms.

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• to send away to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse.

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• noun someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
  graduate nurse.
  

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• noun a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes
  

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• noun a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
  wetnurse; wet nurse; amah.
  

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Wet" nurse`

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1. A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.

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• . See Wet nurse, and Dry nurse, in the Vocabulary.

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• noun a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
  wetnurse; wet nurse; amah.
  
• verb give suck to
  suckle; breastfeed; give suck; lactate; suck; nurse.
  
  • The wetnurse suckled the infant
  • You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

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