: a nurse who assists the surgeon in an operating room
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe 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
Word History
First Known Use
1927, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
scrub nurse
noun
: a nurse who assists the surgeon in an operating room