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LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does licensed practical nurse mean? 

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (noun)
  The noun LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

licensed practical nurse; LPN; practical nurse

Hypernyms ("licensed practical nurse" is a kind of...):

nurse (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))


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