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☆ practical nurse

a nurse with less training than a registered nurse, often one licensed by the state (licensed practical nurse) for certain specified nursing duties

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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