registered nurse

Example Sentences

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My wife was a registered nurse, and I, as a commercial fisherman, worked for years while we lived and saved on only slightly more than what crew-share employees earned.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Comments from the NRA come after a border agent fatally shot Pretti - registered nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital - in Minneapolis on Saturday.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Pretti was a licensed, law-abiding gun owner, registered nurse, and worked at a veteran’s hospital.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Lyons, a registered nurse, notes that her father works at a different nuclear plant, and her young son even has a Lego model of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

After becoming a registered nurse, Adams was assigned to work at Fort Ord, in California.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge