specialerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

specialer (複数形 specialers)

1. A nurse or aide assigned to provide one-on-one observation of a patient.
   • 1969, The New York Times Magazine, page 111:

     Monitors are responsible for making sure that all specialers and checkers are performing their tasks, and that no inappropriate behavior is taking place.

   • 1974, Jerrold S. Maxmen, ‎Gary J. Tucker, ‎Michael D. LeBow, Rational hospital psychiatry: the reactive environment, page 255:

     When the patient being specialed has a visitor, the specialer may leave him with the visitor with the understanding that the visitor is to return the patient to his specialer before leaving the floor.

   • 1974, Richard Almond, The Healing Community: Dynamics of the Therapeutic Milieu, page 17:

     Staff was relieved of much of the burden of specialing disturbed patients, and the input of information about such patients was maintained by including the patient "specialer" as a participant in nursing reports.