From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstaff nurseˈstaff ˌnurse noun [countable] British English MNa British hospital nurse whose rank is just below a sister(2) or charge nurse
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staff nurse• Responsibility for changing this and keeping information up to date can be delegated to a staff nurse or senior student.• It might have been the ward sister or the staff nurse.• I could really go for him in a big way, but he's going steady with the staff nurse on Rainbow.• With the staff nurse on Rainbow.• A typical staff nurse earns £10,800-£12,400 a year. 