registered nurse

registered nurse
registered nurse n a graduate trained nurse who has been licensed by a state authority after passing qualifying examinations for registration called also RN

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a graduate nurse who has been legally authorized (registered) to practice after examination by a state board of nurse examiners or similar regulatory authority, and who is legally entitled to use the designation RN.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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