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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hospital Vocabulary

Hi teachers,
Which one is more common?
a) telephonist
b) operator

Someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training are called:
a) auxiliary nurse
b) nursing auxiliary
c) nurse's aide

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

We called that person an "operator". Thinking Spain Someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training are called: Nurse assistant.

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  • We called that person an "operator".
  • Thinking Spain Someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training are called: Nurse assistant.
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We called that person an "operator".
Thinking SpainSomeone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training are called:
Nurse assistant.
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a) "telephonist" is more BrE while "operator" is used in America, I think
b) orderly (he or she does nonmedical work so perhaps this is not what you wanted)
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