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district nurse

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) a nurse employed within the National Health Service to attend patients in a particular area, usually by visiting them in their own homes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

"My mum was a district nurse for the NHS for 40 years, and her passion was always geriatric care," she explains.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2021

Janice Graham was a healthcare support worker and district nurse.

From The Guardian Apr. 16, 2020

Even the baby began to get better as soon as the district nurse drove into the parent's head a few facts about sensible infant feeding.

From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William

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