看かん護ご師し

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Meanings

Refers to a licensed nurse in a hospital or clinical setting. The term is neutral and widely used in everyday and professional contexts.

彼かの女じょは看かん護ご師しとして病びょう院いんで働はたらいている。
She works as a nurse at a hospital.
看かん護ご師しになるには国こっ家か試し験けんに合ごう格かくしなければならない。
To become a nurse, you must pass the national exam.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が看かん護ご師しになるfor someone to become a nurse
彼かの女じょは将しょう来らい看かん護ご師しになりたいと言いっている。
She says she wants to become a nurse in the future.
看かん護ご師しとして働はたらくto work as a nurse
彼かれは十じゅう年ねん間かん、この病びょう院いんで看かん護ご師しとして働はたらいている。
He has worked as a nurse at this hospital for ten years.
看かん護ご師しの資し格かくを取とるto get a nursing license/qualification
看かん護ご師しの資し格かくを取とるには国こっ家か試し験けんに合ごう格かくする必ひつ要ようがある。
To get a nursing license, you need to pass the national exam.
看かん護ご師しを呼よぶto call a nurse
急きゅうに痛いたみが出でたので看かん護ご師しを呼よんだ。
Since the pain suddenly started, I called a nurse.

Kanji

看watch over, see
護safeguard, protect
師expert, teacher, master

Related words

看かん護ご婦ふN4
看護師 is the modern, gender-neutral term for a nurse, while 看護婦 is an older term that specifically meant a female nurse.
准じゅん看かん護ご師し
看護師 is a fully licensed registered nurse, whereas 准看護師 holds a lower-level qualification similar to a practical nurse.
ナース
看護師 is the formal, official Japanese term for a nurse, while ナース is a casual loanword often used in everyday conversation and compound words.

Don't confuse with· 6

医い者しゃN5
看護師 refers to a nurse who assists with patient care, while 医者 refers to a doctor who diagnoses and treats illness.
ホームヘルパーN2
看護師 is a licensed nurse who performs medical care, while ホームヘルパー provides non-medical daily-life support and housekeeping in the home.
助じょ産さん師しN1
助産師 is a specialist trained specifically to assist childbirth, whereas 看護師 is a general nurse who can work in any medical field.

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介かい護ご士しN3
介護士 provides non-medical daily-living support, while 看護師 is a licensed nurse who performs medical procedures.
医い師しN3
医師 refers to a doctor who diagnoses and treats patients, while 看護師 refers to a nurse who assists in patient care; both end in 師 and are easily confused by learners.
看かん守しゅ
看守 and 看護師 share the kanji 看 and sound similar, but 看守 guards prisoners while 看護師 cares for patients as a nurse.

Counted with

名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).
人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).

Word family

准じゅん看かん護ご師し
assistant nurse; practical nurse
正せい看かん護ご師し
registered nurse; RN
診しん療りょう看かん護ご師し
nurse practitioner
付つき添そい看かん護ご師し
attendant nurse; private nurse; patient attendant

Built from

看かん護ご+師し

Etymology

Compound of 看護 (nursing, care) and 師 (master, specialist). The term was adopted as the official gender-neutral title for nurses in Japan in 2002, replacing the older gender-specific terms 看護婦 (female nurse) and 看護士 (male nurse).