practical nurse

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practical nurse Meaning of "practical nurse"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick

Synonym(s)

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Usage(s):

  1. Lillie Mae Colvin, 29, a Negro practical nurse, mother of three and pregnant, had filled the formula room's canister on Tuesday.
  2. The son of a meat packer and a practical nurse, Blackwell was a Democrat growing up but switched parties in the 1980s.
  3. Then, thinking she could learn even more by working at a hospital, she began a one-year course to become a licensed practical nurse.
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