Healthcare professional belonging to one of the most trusted and seemingly underappreciated professions. Hospitals wouldn't run without them. If there were no nurses, many people would die. The nurse is an expert manager. Nurses have to deal with pharmacy, radiology, medicine, OR, the lab, and other nurses. Nurses put up with a lot. Nurses are smart and have to think critically. The nurse will assess your health and report changes to your doctor. The nurse will draw your labs and monitor the results. The nurse will also keep an eye on your vital signs and watch for subtle changes that may indicate a change in health status. The nurse will give you medications, know when to not give you medications, and know which medications to ask to doctor to order for you. The nurse will make sure you are safe and get better. Nurses will sit with you and really listen. They will laugh with you, cry with you, and hug you. The nurse is the ultimate patient advocate. Nurses teach their patients how to live healthier. When things start going down the drain, the nurse is usually the first to pick up on it and intervene.
by macaronincheese August 29, 2013
by TannerIsSmart March 5, 2018
1. (n) A healthcare professional. 2. (n) An indefinitely short-staffed career. 3. (n) The best career in the world!
by jesster93 December 10, 2009
1. someone who makes a shitload of money in the health care industry and knows an insane amount of biology, pharmacology, and fucked up radiation spewing, dye-injecting, fluoroscopic, x-ray projecting diagnostic tools.
2. hardcore. not like mrs. forman in that 70s show.
3. a baller
4. a healthcare professional who works in a massive industrial edifice which houses tons of really sick and dying people, scary loud radiation machines, roomfuls of needles, tubes, and bandages, and has a creepy smell. they are usually short-staffed, really sressed out, and are consequently some tough dudes and bitches.
2. hardcore. not like mrs. forman in that 70s show.
3. a baller
4. a healthcare professional who works in a massive industrial edifice which houses tons of really sick and dying people, scary loud radiation machines, roomfuls of needles, tubes, and bandages, and has a creepy smell. they are usually short-staffed, really sressed out, and are consequently some tough dudes and bitches.
1. in this shit economy i had so much trouble finding a decent job for my over-educated, under-skilled ass. but now that i'm a nurse i'm makin paper. and i can talk a bitch under the table about BIO.
2. nurses always tell me how they went through school with 2 kids so i should be able to. but fuck that cause they barely even knew what DNA was back then. the circulatory system is easy. you should see the shit we need to know NOW.
3. bitch please, i'm 23 and i just bought a house. i'm a nurse.
4. i don't know how you can work in a hospital. they are nasty and they scare the shit out of me. and produce an insane amount of industrial waste. gross.
2. nurses always tell me how they went through school with 2 kids so i should be able to. but fuck that cause they barely even knew what DNA was back then. the circulatory system is easy. you should see the shit we need to know NOW.
3. bitch please, i'm 23 and i just bought a house. i'm a nurse.
4. i don't know how you can work in a hospital. they are nasty and they scare the shit out of me. and produce an insane amount of industrial waste. gross.
by orange tea cup October 4, 2008
A Term coined by Drag Queen Willam Belli. Nurse is used as a term for someone who needs help. Can also be used as shade just by saying NURSE!
by Shwamii February 14, 2019
Monitor patients and carry out physician's orders. May have a 4 year BSN or 2 year LPN or no degree.
by PerryCox April 30, 2020
by 4ShytsNGiggles January 6, 2015