单词 | day nurse |
释义 | day nursen. 1. A nurse who cares for the sick or infirm during the day, as opposed to at night. Cf. night nurse n. at night n. and int. Compounds 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun] > other types man-nurse1530 probationer nurse1584 parish nurse1716 day nurse1759 school nurse1836 Gamp1846 hospital nurse1848 pupil nurse1861 male nurse1874 district nurse1883 relief nurse1884 casualty nurse1885 bayman1888 maid nurse1895 charge-nurse1896 ward nurse1899 health visitor1901 practice nurse1912 community nurse1922 scrub nurse1927 theatre nurse1934 para-nurse1942 nurse practitioner1967 rehab nurse1977 1759 Standing Order's Westm.-Hosp. 25 Upon any Vacancy amongst the Day-Nurses, the senior Night-Nurse shall be preferred to be a Day-Nurse. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxv. 309 The night-nurse..well beknown to Mrs. Prig the day-nurse. 1917 Nurse May 346/1 When going on duty the fourth night I was told by the day nurse that the baby had not seemed so well. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 64 No. 6. 81/3 She records her observations on his progress sheet which she and his day nurse will read together. 2005 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 18 Apr. a1 When day nurse Tim Spalti arrives at 9 a.m., he lifts her like a child, cradling her neck. 2. A person (historically typically a woman) employed to look after young children during the day. Cf. nurse n.1 1a. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse nouricec1225 nursea1325 rockera1325 nourish1340 nursha1382 nursery nurse1494 nutrice1529 nurse-girl1596 dry-nursea1616 nursey1760 bonne1771 ayah1782 nanny1785 momma1803 nursery girla1812 mammy1837 nanac1844 day nurse1855 caretaker1858 nursekin1862 Norland1894 nounou1894 nurselet1894 Plunket1909 metapelet1950 1855 J. R. Beste Wabash I. ii. 48 Our little Isabel amused the youngest children, and constituted herself their day nurse. 1871 Food Jrnl. Jan. 679 Mothers sending their little ones to the care of professional day nurses while they are at work. 1936 Clearing House 11 196/2 There admittedly is something cosmically inharmonious in the idea of a man singing nursery rhymes and administering the functional rites of a day nurse. 2010 J. McGarry Ocean State 32 Mrs Wrentham spent her days sitting with Lina and the infant, or the infant and its day nurse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1759 |
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