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nurses

  • plural of nurse.
  • present tense form of nurse (3rd person singular).

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Nurses monitor patients while handing out medicine, picking up signals about physical or mental health.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

Nurses who take longer breaks usually lose coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The founder of the campaign group Equality 4 Black Nurses, Neomi Bennett, says a "really concerning" number of incidents go unreported.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

In 1975, she chaired an American Nursing Association psychiatric nursing group, and she was the Tennessee Nurses Association district “Nurse of the Year” in 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Nurses had stacked sandbags all along his left side to prevent him from turning over on his broken chest.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand