Nurse extremely entertained by word for French artist (5)
I believe the answer is:
monet
'for french artist' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'nurse extremely entertained by word' is the wordplay.
'extremely' suggests removing the centre (only the extremes of the word are used).
'entertained by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are hosted or entertained).
'word' becomes 'mot' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'nurse' with its centre removed is 'ne'.
'ne' going inside 'mot' is 'MONET'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for monet that I've seen before include "French artist shown in ..." , "Claude -, French artist" , "Giverny painter" , "French landscape painter" , "French impressionist (Waterlilies)" .)