district nurse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She was asked to contact a doctor, who sent out the district nurse.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
To identify the close contacts of a single high school student, Lynn Carpenter, a district nurse, asks all their teachers for detailed seating charts.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
That’s the case in rural Page County, where area health district nurse manager Leea Shirley said people question masking guidelines because they say federal, state and school district guidelines are always changing.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
Janice Graham was a healthcare support worker and district nurse.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
The district nurse came in while I was there and told me,"—she shuddered—"that they'd been feeding it on macaroni cooked in greasy gravy.
From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William
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