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sjuksköterska sjvb

English translation: nursing assistant

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Swedish term or phrase: sjuksköterska sjvb
English translation:nursing assistant
Entered by: Helen Johnson

07:41 Apr 22, 2013
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: sjuksköterska sjvb
Anyone know whether the abbreviation in the above "sjuksköterska sjvb" means "where necessary" or does it mean something else?
If I'm right, does anyone who has experience of nursing know the phrase that's used, i.e. that may be better than where necessary?
Examples from Google (spellings not mine): Först som sjvb sen som uska. Jick ett år på sjuksköterske
Två av personalen saknar sjvb/usk .... Tjänstgörande sjuksköterska finns tillgänglig dygnet runt alla dagar i veckan
TIA asap.
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:37
nursing assistant
Explanation:
is what it is called in UK
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lena helson
Local time: 14:37
Grading comment
thank you
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3nurse + assistant nurse/nurse asisstnat/orderly
Tania McConaghy
3 +2nursing assistant
lena helson
4nurse, health care assistant
Sven Petersson


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
nurse + assistant nurse/nurse asisstnat/orderly


Explanation:
"sjvb" looks like an abbreviation for "sjukvårdsbiträde"

depends what term you will use for "undersköterska"

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Note added at 5 mins (2013-04-22 07:47:18 GMT)
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oops, spelling mishap...should read nurse asssstant

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Note added at 6 mins (2013-04-22 07:47:39 GMT)
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I mean "nurse assistant"

Example sentence(s):
  • Som sjukvårdsbiträde arbetar du med omvårdnad av människor. Du arbetar också inom en bransch där allt fler verksamheter läggs ut på ...
Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 15:37
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 216

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  shewid
11 mins
agree  Anna Herbst: In Australia it would be an Assistant in Nursing for sjukvårdsbiträde and Enrolled Nurse for undersköterska. Sjuksköterska is Registered Nurse.
4 hrs
agree  Yvonne Tapper-Gardzina: In the U.S, it's RN, registered nurse and CNA, certified nursing assistant. Sometimes LPNs, licensed practical nurses call themselves nurses, so registered nurse may need to be emphasized.
4 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
nursing assistant


Explanation:
is what it is called in UK

lena helson
Local time: 14:37
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 33
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rajagopalan sampatkumar: Yes, this is the most commonly used term, though there are other terms used.like
9 mins
  -> thank you
neutral  Norskpro: There are two terms in Swedish, undersköterska and (sjuk)vårdbiträde, and it's not clear to me whether nursing assistant is one or the other.
1 hr
agree  Anna Herbst: In Australia it would be an Assistant in Nursing for sjukvårdsbiträde and Enrolled Nurse for undersköterska. Sjuksköterska is Registered Nurse.
3 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nurse, health care assistant


Explanation:
sjukvårdsbiträde = vårdbiträde = health care assistant (unlicensed assistive personnel)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 15:37
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 409
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