scrub nurse

noun

: a nurse who assists the surgeon in an operating room

Examples of scrub nurse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Minka worked as a scrub nurse while modeling and acting on the side, getting her first big break on NBC's Friday Night Lights. —

Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023 The other simulation had to do with whether a scrub nurse delivered the correct surgical tools to the operating room before the operation. —

Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2021 William Stewart Halstead, the first surgeon-in-chief at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital, was taken with his scrub nurse, Caroline Hampton. —

Jennifer Barger, National Geographic, 7 July 2020 Mary Dellinger, the scrub nurse to Lefrak's right, handed him scissors. —

oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019 The scrub nurse’s eyes rest on the box for a long time. —

Longreads, 31 May 2018 Engineers at Purdue University are thinking even bolder—designing mechanical scrub nurses that respond to hand gestures during surgery. —

Pm Editors, Popular Mechanics, 10 Dec. 2012 See More

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