How to Use practical nurse in a Sentence

practical nurse

noun
  • Crumpacker, a licensed practical nurse, and Talimao work in the same unit.
    — oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2020
  • My mother was a homemaker and a licensed practical nurse who worked at the local hospital.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2018
  • Barbara Hoare is a licensed practical nurse and resident of Wheaton.
    — Barbara Hoare, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Sutherland, 37, was a licensed practical nurse who has since surrendered his license.
    — Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Carroll is an advanced practical nurse practitioner and has a gift for recruiting volunteers.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The difference in pay between a nursing assistant and a licensed practical nurse is $10 per hour at Cerenity.
    — Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, 5 July 2019
  • Tamera Witherspoon, a 41-year-old licensed practical nurse who logged 50-hour weeks at the center, said staffing shortages were also a problem.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2020
  • His explorations may lead to the finding of our young heroines, but his constant, prolonged absences mean that their care falls to his long-suffering niece, Sylvia, and her ever-practical nurse, Nana.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Staff discovered him on the floor bleeding from a small cut on the side of his head, after which the licensed practical nurse, Christann Gainey, directed that he be put in a wheelchair and taken out to the lobby.
    — Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN, 10 May 2018
  • Four years later, Katz, a licensed practical nurse at the hospital, testified in a deposition that a male nursing assistant had shoved her into a linen closet and groped her and subjected her to an onslaught of lewd comments.
    — Christina Jewett, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Four years later, Katz, a licensed practical nurse at the hospital, testified in a court deposition that a male nursing assistant had shoved her into a linen closet and groped her and subjected her to an onslaught of lewd comments.
    — Christina Jewett, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Marguerite Culley, a practical nurse, and Elizabeth Beatty, a retired secretary, began making deliveries of food, medicine and schoolbooks to the sick.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 11 May 2020
  • Registered nurses are currently needed more than any other health care professionals, but there are also plenty of openings for licensed vocational and practical nurses, as well as physical therapists.
    — Michael Hoon, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Authorities also arrested 37-year-old Nathan Sutherland, a licensed practical nurse who was one of the woman's caregivers at the facility, in connection with the rape.
    — Maria Polletta, azcentral, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Reached by phone on Thursday, Rosemary Cooper, a licensed practical nurse at the rehabilitation center, declined to discuss specifics about the case, citing the investigation.
    — Terry Spencer and Jay Reeves, chicagotribune.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Professionally, Tibe’s been a licensed practical nurse since April 4, 2007, based in Sunrise and Lauderdale Lakes, with no previous professional disciplinary actions.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Hernandez, 26, also stole the identity of a licensed practical nurse in Kansas before being employed by Luna Del Valle Healthcare Services, Lily Care of New Mexico and Hospice De La Luz, prosecutors said.
    — Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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