How to Use charge nurse in a Sentence

charge nurse

noun
  • In the first season, a charge nurse takes a break outside from a relentless shift.
    — Jennifer Obel, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
  • LaNasa captured hearts as the no-nonsense charge nurse Dana Evans on The Pitt.
    — Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In the second season, a patient under the influence wraps his arm around a young nurse’s neck and chokes her until the charge nurse intervenes.
    — Jennifer Obel, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Most recently, Marlyne Barrett, who played charge nurse Maggie Lockwood since day one, confirmed her exit.
    — EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The charge nurse told him to do it anyway because of the sepsis alert generated by the hospital’s artificial-intelligence system.
    — Hilke Schellmann, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Barrett has played the hardscrabble, fiercely devoted emergency room charge nurse since the show's first season, which premiered in 2015.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The flag prompted the charge nurse to instruct Hart to room the patient immediately, take her vitals and begin intravenous (IV) fluids.
    — Hilke Schellmann, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Maggie has been a mainstay at Gaffney Medical’s ED, working as a charge nurse and close friend and ally to the staff, especially to Goodwin.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • When a charge nurse finally answered, Nowland identified herself as a midwife and asked if the hospital would be able to admit Ibarra, whose baby had a concerning heartbeat.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Marlyne Barrett is one of Chicago Med's longest-running cast members, having played charge nurse Maggie Lockwood for 10 seasons.
    — EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The first notable homecoming is Dana Evans (Katherine LaNasa), the indelible charge nurse who, by the end of season 1, was ready to plan her retirement after she was assaulted by an angry patient.
    — EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The previous episode's gruesome case casts a pall over the entire hospital, but Katherine LaNasa's snarky and ebullient charge nurse Dana Evans alone manages to break like a sun ray through the fearsome clouds — which makes the episode's violent end all the more shocking.
    — Ew Staff December 5, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Katherine LaNasa stars as Dana Evans, the no-nonsense charge nurse of the Emergency Department at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Typically calm Robby is notably snippier and in need of his impending break; veteran charge nurse Dana (LaNasa) is less tolerant of disruption after she was assaulted by a patient in Season 1.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the more seasoned staff, including and especially the indefatigable charge nurse Dana Evans (Katherine LaNasa), remember the days before everyone carried an iPad well enough to keep things moving.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Katherine LaNasa won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for portraying the show’s ever-busy charge nurse, Dana Evans.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Even though Dana was punched in the face by a patient and seemed intent on quitting at the end of Season 1, the teaser trailer for The Pitt season 2, however, confirmed that Dana is still at the hospital and still acting as the emergency room's charge nurse.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Since her Emmy Award–winning turn as the tough-as-nails charge nurse Dana Evans on season one of The Pitt, Katherine LaNasa has enjoyed the kind of stunning career renaissance that, in this industry at least, is the equivalent of lightning striking twice.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026

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