Registered Nurse

A nurse who has graduated from a formal program of nursing education (diploma school, associate degree or baccalaureate program) and is licensed by the appropriate state authority.

https://www.capbluecross.com/FAQs/Glossary of Terms/R.htm

A graduate nurse who has passed a state board examination and been registered and licensed to practice nursing. Resident A doctor who has completed medical school and is receiving further specialty training. An intern is a first year resident. A resident always works under the supervision of an attending physician. Respiratory Therapist An individual who has had specialized training to assist in treating breathing problems.

pediatrics.med.unc.edu/dept/patients_glossary.htm

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http://pediatrics.med.unc.edu/dept/patients_glossary.htm

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https://www.capbluecross.com/FAQs/Glossary of Terms/R.htm

Może opisowo, żeby nie było wątpliwości?

Wyja¶nienie po polsku, czasu niespecjalnie wiele a i zakładam, że Alexander nas zrozumie.
RN jest odpowiednikiem absolwentki naszych (mniej więcej) studiów na wydziale pielęgniarstwa + zdaje board exam (żeby być wła¶nie registered).
Nie będę się wdawał w różnice pomiędzy piel. dypl. a mgr. piel., ale RN to, pod względem edukacyjnym, odpowiednik mgr pielęgniarstwa a nie piel. dypl.
W praktyce sprawa jest bardziej skomplikowana - np. RN w Szwecji niemal samodzielnie znieczulaj± pacjentów a w USA samodzielnie prowadz± community care. Tymczasem piel. dypl. jest zawodem, który uzyskuje się po krótszej edukacji, wymagaj±cym mniejszej wiedzy i bardziej niezależnym od lekarza. W cywiliz. sytemie służby zdrowia czę¶ć obowi±zków naszych piel. dypl. spełniaj± np. nursing auxiliaries (ciut więcej niż nasze sprz±taczki-salowe a mniej niż RNs).

IMHO tłumaczenie piel. dypl. jako registered nurse jest dużym błędem merytorycznym - może być Ľródłem poważnych nieporozumień/konsekwencji.

Reasumuj±c, proponuję XYZ, nurse (Nursing High Shool Graduate) albo XYZ (Graduate of High Shool of Nursing) względnie dodatkowo gwiazkę i linijkę przyp. tłum.

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Alexander: I am not disputing the term "registered nurse" itself nor google index of this term. I strongly disagree with translating piel. dypl. as if RN on the grounds of having known both piel. dypl. from Poland and RNs from several western countries.

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*"bardziej niezależnym" - miało być bardziej zależnym od lekarza, wymagaj±cym ¶ci¶lejszego nadzoru, m.in. wła¶nie z uwagi na nieco niższy status edukacyjny.

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Shool = school, thank you Alexander.
As you rightly noted, high school of nursing is mostly cited on the eastern european pages. This is because the degree in question is specific to eastern european medical education system and not equivalent to the RN used in all developed countries. One other example is sanitariusz and paramedic, the former being a low grade member of a doctors ambulance team (Eastern Europe and Russia only), the latter (UK, USA, Australia, Scandinavian countries, Germany etc.) - highly qualified and independent EMS provider, working in no-doctor teams.

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Alexander, RE wikipedia:
In Poland piel. dypl. is a person who graduated from a primary school (8 grades) and a medical high school (3 or 4 grades) (this is currently a bit more complex, but lets stick to this version for simplicity).

Again, the high school version, althgough not 100% precise due to differences in education systems, is the closest bet. Please note that a College of nursing graduate is a RN (see my explanation above), and a University-level nursing graduate is a MA in nursing. Piel. dypl. are neither of them, and, being at lower professional level, graduate at the high school level.
I wonder whether medical education system for nurses is different in your country?

The Wiki definition of the high school
'In the United States, high school generally consists of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12'.
In South Africa, high school begins at Grade 8 (the eighth year of education)

Therefore, the Wiki link you have provided is actually supporting my version.

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Alexander, RE: high school/szkoła ¶rednia and medical education.
I am not talking about 'high school', this is 'high shool of nursing'. I am not into the intricacies of educational systems, but this is a kind of a high-school level professional education. Some called this kind of facilities 'studium' for teachers/nurses and technical schools (technikum) for turners, founders, electricians, car mechanicians etc.
Again, this is most likely specific for a former Russian type system of education, and not used in developed countries.

Jeszcze jedna wersja ;)

graduate nurse - someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school