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nurse-assistant

nurse-assistant is the alternative form of nursing assistant.

Meaning of nursing assistant

Noun

nursing assistant (plural nursing assistants)

  1. (nursing) A healthcare professional who provides basic patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.

Forms of nurse-assistant

pluralnurse-assistants

Questions about nurse-assistant

What is nurse-assistant the alternative form of?
Nurse-assistant is the alternative form of nursing assistant.

Words near nurse-assistant in the dictionary

  1. nurse shark
  2. nurse sharks
  3. nurse's assistant
  4. nurse's assistants
  5. nurse's we
  6. nurse-assistant
  7. nurse-assistants
  8. nurse-in
  9. nurse-ins
  10. nurse-practitioner
  11. nurse-practitioners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nurse-assistant (page history and authors); nursing assistant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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