Practical Nurse

Definition: Practical Nurse

Practical Nurse

Noun

1. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.

Specialty Definition: Practical Nurse

Domain	Definition
Medicine	One skilled in the care of the sick but who has not been graduated from a regular nursing school or passed an examination to qualify as a graduate nurse. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Practical Nurse

Synonym: licensed practical nurse (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Practical Nurse

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Remedy	Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Practical Nurse

Specialty definitions using "practical nurse": COUNSELOR, NURSES' ASSOCIATION ♦ Nursing, Team. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Practical Nurse

Domain	Title
Books	Licensed Practical Nurse (Career Exploration) (reference) Help for the Licensed Practical Nurse (reference) Licensed Practical Nurse (reference) Nurse: Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, Public Health Nurse (Arco Civil Service Test Tutor) (reference) Senior Licensed Practical Nurse (Career Examination Ser.: C-3500) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Nclex Program Reports - Practical Nurse (reference) Ohio Licensed Practical Nurse Newsletter (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Practical Nurse

Expression using "practical nurse": licensed practical nurse. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Practical Nurse

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
licensed practical nurse	198
practical nurse	26
license practical nurse	12
registered practical nurse	12
licensed practical nurse school	12
licensed practical nurse job	9
licensed practical nurse salary	6
licensed practical nurse program	5
licensed practical nurse training	4
licensed practical nurse education	4
licensed practical nurse employment	4
practical nurse school	4
practical nurse job	3
licenced practical nurse	3
license practical nurse school	3
become an licensed practical nurse	2
practical nurse training	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Practical Nurse

Language		Translations for "practical nurse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏ممرضة مساعدة. (various references)

French		infirmier auxiliaire, infirmier, infirmière auxiliaire. (various references)

German		hilfsschwester. (various references)

Italian		infermiera pratica. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		准看護婦 , 准看 , 付き添い婦 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		つきそいふ, じゅ�"か�"�"ふ, じゅ�"か�" (circulation, cycle, period of ten days, published every ten days, rotation). (various references)

Pig Latin		acticalpray ursenay

Portuguese		assistente de enfermagem. (various references)

Spanish		enfermera sin título. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Practical Nurse

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-l-n-p-r-r-s-t-u"
	-3 letters: caricatures, cartularies, particulars, spectacular, unpractical.
	-4 letters: analeptics, caricature, circulates, crustacean, curtailers, inaccurate, inculcates, inculpates, lacustrine, naturalise, pancreatic, paniculate, particular, practicals, practicers, retinacula, scriptural, spiracular, suprarenal, tarpaulins, tarriances.
	-5 letters: accentual, actuaries, acutances, airplanes, analcites, analeptic, anapestic, ancestral, anelastic, antiulcer, apiculate, arcatures, arsenical, arterials, articular, ascertain, ascetical, aspectual, calcaneus, canicular, canticles, cantraips, canulates, capitular, capturers.
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