Italian citizen’s former nurse disturbed by current directions (7)
I believe the answer is:
sienese
'italian citizen's former nurse disturbed by current directions' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'former nurse disturbed by current directions' is the wordplay.
'former nurse' becomes 'SEN' (state registered nurse - former UK nurse title).
'disturbed by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters disrupt or disturb the word).
'current' becomes 'I' (symbol for electric current).
'directions' becomes 'ese' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sen' going around 'i' is 'sien'.
'sien'+'ese'='SIENESE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sienese that I've seen before include "From Sienna" , "A native of Siena" , "Of an Italian city famed for a school of painting" .)