PRACTICAL NURSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does practical nurse mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• 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 ("practical nurse" is a kind of...):

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