nurse aide

noun

variants or nurse's aide

plural nurse aides or nurse's aides

: a health care worker usually trained and often certified to assist nurses (as in a hospital or nursing home) in providing basic patient care and services (such as bathing, feeding, or measuring vital signs of patients)

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nurse aide

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade
• disobeyed

Medical Definition

nurse aide

noun

variants or nurse's aide

plural nurse aides or nurse's aides

: a health-care worker usually trained and often certified to assist nurses (as in a hospital or nursing home) in providing basic patient care and services (such as bathing, feeding, or measuring vital signs of patients)