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nurser

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as in nurse

a person employed to care for a young child or children volunteered at the hospital as a nurser to hold premature babies

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Social workers, nurses, therapists, and home health aides provide care that depends not simply on technical skill, but on empathy, dignity, and compassion.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
The high amount of overtime at the mental health department is related mainly to nurses working at the state’s mental health hospitals, Whiting and Connecticut Valley Hospital, which are both in Middletown.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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The prosecutor argued the beatings basically never stopped, claiming footage showed nannies beating one child, then turning their violence toward any of the other toddlers who wept while watching.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Vanessa offers to be their child’s nanny and to take care of everything so that Serena can focus on her job, which makes Serena feel guilty.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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