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clerk
(klerk)
an employee who keeps records and does other general office work.
unit clerk
, ward clerk
a worker on a nursing unit who schedules patients for prescribed studies, prepares charts for patients, answers the phone
on the unit, and handles other general clerical tasks. In some provinces of Canada, ward clerks of certain types of facilities
are also trained to transcribe orders. Called also unit secretary.
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