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On 7/9/25 18:35, Joy Beeson wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 23:55:53 +0100, Robert Carnegie
> <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Also, "nurse" used not to imply having education
>> in medical practices.
> 
> Hence the expression "trained nurse", followed by
> "Registered Nurse" and "Licensed Practical Nurse".  There
> was another kind, which I have now forgotten.
> 
> There used to be a Red Cross course called "home nursing".
> 
> I think I had more to say, but I just fell asleep.  But I'm
> going to sleep in my own bed.
> 
> Kept wanting to ask the nurses (several varieties, all
> wearing the same scrub suits, including the housekeeping
> staff) silly questions such as "are student nurses still
> forbidden to run."   Which came to me as I was "nurse
> walking" to the car for something.
> 
> Ah, I think the root meaning of "nurse" is the kind rich
> people hired to take care of small children.
> 

	No. The original were nursing mothers with enough milk for the
  Mistress's child. You are thinking of other positions with slightly
older children.
	I am trained in among other things, Licensed Vocational Nursing.
I do my best to avoid nursing due to my own health problems.

	bliss