Runs into nurse in a rage (5)
I believe the answer is:
trend
'a rage' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'runs into nurse' is the wordplay.
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'nurse' becomes 'tend' (I've seen this before).
'r' inserted inside 'tend' is 'TREND'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for trend that I've seen before include "General tendency" , "The way things are going?" , "Fashion; general drift" , "shift" , "turn" .)