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nurses

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for nurses.

Editorial note

It has more to do with the pay disparity between nurses and doctors, rather than gender, these days.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

an American, Portland-based Avant-pop group with vocals, guitar, and keyboard.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of nurses gathered in one view.

N

an American, Portland-based Avant-pop group with vocals, guitar, and keyboard.

N

a Canadian drama television series that premiered on Global on January 6, 2020.

N

an Australian factual television series that looks at the everyday working of nurses in major city hospitals in Sydney.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nurses.

N

an American, Portland-based Avant-pop group with vocals, guitar, and keyboard.

N

a Canadian drama television series that premiered on Global on January 6, 2020.

N

an Australian factual television series that looks at the everyday working of nurses in major city hospitals in Sydney.

N

an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 14, 1991, to May 7, 1994, created and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest, which itself was a spin-off of The Golden Girls.

Example sentences

1

It has more to do with the pay disparity between nurses and doctors, rather than gender, these days.

2

Midwifes had highest with 99.7% majority, following with dentist nurses and floor carpenters each having above the 99% line.

3

Dental Hygenists in SF earn almost as much at the median, and registered nurses earn much more.

4

There was another long delay before she was in a room with nurses talking to her.

5

They provide emergency physicians on call for nursing homes (and maybe other facilities) that already have nurses and other healthcare providers in them.

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Nursing home nurses just don't have the same exposure to critically ill patients.

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After that we got motor mechanics, thin-metal worker and nurses for children hospitals which are 99%, 99%, and 98% respectively.

8

Fix other men telling men they shouldn't be manicurists/nurses/other female dominated jobs.

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We don't have school nurses in, i believe, all of europe.

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Nor do I think its a feasible solution to train nursing home nurses to be as knowledgeable about pathophysiology as physicians.

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Let's assume you find some docs and nurses on your side.

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This is especially true for paths where gender bias is reflected in the low/high career paths within the same field (for example, nurses vs doctors).

Quote examples

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(He wasn't gay) Male nurses (again, this is anecdote from my sister) are handed the most troublesome and aggravating patients with the assumption that they are willing to be "rough" with them (and the implied threat to the patient is that if they are nice, they get the pretty nurses to come back).

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They really are this other patient...wait, shit, those are the same patient." Nurses and docs will occasionally just horde equipment in their offices to guarantee that their department has what it needs, and the hell with the rest.

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I will comment, that it seems easier for women to move "up" than for men to move "down." It seems like there is more friction against male nurses/dental assistants than there is against women doctors/dentists.

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It seems to me that the idea of "nurses are women, doctors are men" came about more from the idea that women were "too stupid" to be doctors and that it was a "man's job." Even today many doctors look down on nurses (as 'below' them; people whose opinions don't matter), and men that decide to become nurses also face a uphill battle of social acceptance.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use nurses in a sentence?

It has more to do with the pay disparity between nurses and doctors, rather than gender, these days.

What does nurses mean?

an American, Portland-based Avant-pop group with vocals, guitar, and keyboard.

What part of speech is nurses?

nurses is commonly used as N.