nurse (nurs)
licensed practical nurse (LPN)
1. one who is especially prepared in the scientific basis of nursing and who meets certain prescribed standards of education and clinical competence.
2. to provide services essential to or helpful in the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health and well-being.
3. to breast-feed an infant.
clinical nurse specialist a registered nurse with a high degree of knowledge, skill, and competence in a specialized area of nursing, and usually having a master's degree in nursing.
community nurse in Great Britain, a public health nurse.
community health nurse public health n.
district nurse community n.
general duty nurse a registered nurse, usually one who has not undergone training beyond the basic nursing program, who sees to the general nursing care of patients in a hospital or other health agency.
graduate nurse a graduate of a school of nursing; often used to designate one who has not been registered or licensed.
licensed practical nurse a graduate of a school of practical nursing whose qualifications have been examined by a state board of nursing and who has been legally authorized to practice as a licensed practical or vocational nurse (L.P.N. or L.V.N.), under supervision of a physician or registered nurse.
licensed vocational nurse see licensed practical n.
nurse practitioner a registered nurse with advanced education and clinical training within a specialty area.
private nurse , private duty nurse one who attends an individual patient, usually on a fee-for-service basis, and who may specialize in a specific class of diseases.
probationer nurse a person who has entered a school of nursing and is under observation to determine fitness for the nursing profession; applied principally to nursing students enrolled in hospital schools of nursing.
public health nurse an especially prepared registered nurse employed in a community agency to safeguard the health of persons in the community, giving care to the sick in their homes, promoting health and well-being by teaching families how to keep well, and assisting in programs for the prevention of disease.
Queen's nurse in Great Britain, a district nurse who has been trained at or in accordance with the regulations of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute for Nurses.
registered nurse a graduate nurse who has been legally authorized (registered) to practice after examination by a state board of nurse examiners or similar regulatory authority, and who is legally entitled to use the designation RN.
scrub nurse one who directly assists the surgeon in the operating room.
nurse specialist clinical n. specialist.
visiting nurse public health n.
wet nurse a woman who breast-feeds the infant of another.
li·censed practical nurse (l  s nst)n. Abbr. LPN A nurse who has completed a practical nursing program and is licensed by a state to provide routine patient care under the direction of a registered nurse or a physician. |
licensed practical nurse (LPN)
[lī′sənst]
Etymology: L, licere, to be allowed; Gk, praktikos, fit for action; L, nutrix, nurse
U.S. a person educated in basic nursing techniques and direct patient care whose qualifications and education have been examined by a state board of nursing and who has legal authorization to practice. The course of education usually lasts 1 year. Once licensed, a licensed practical nurse practices under the supervision of a registered nurse. In Canada an LPN is called a certified nursing assistant. Also called (U.S.) licensed vocational nurse.
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