someone who performs duties such as washing and dressing patients, making beds, etc, in an establishment such as a hospital
Examples of 'nursing auxiliary' in a sentence
nursing auxiliary
To afford it, she took a third job as a weekend nursing auxiliary - yet she was still at school.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Last year, one health authority awarded 50,000 compensation to a nursing auxiliary who injured her shoulders and neck pulling curtains around a patient's bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Tell that to a hard-pressed, poorly paid, exhausted nursing auxiliary at 6am as they near the end of another marathon 12½-hour shift.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A further 23,000 people were working as childminders and 23,000 as nursing auxiliaries.