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night nurse

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noun

  1. a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night

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Delphine, who was 33 at the time, was a night nurse in a clinic not far from their home in Cagnac-les-Mines in the south-western Occitania region.

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Among the medical team on trial are a neurosurgeon, a doctor and a night nurse.

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The medical team on trial includes a neurosurgeon, a doctor and a night nurse.

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The night nurse previously said he had seen "warning signs", but had received orders "not to wake" Maradona.

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The defendants in the case are a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a medical co-ordinator, a nursing co-ordinator, a doctor and the night nurse.

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