Nurse
A nurse was an independent health care practitioner who, along with a doctor, was responsible for an individual's health and well-being. 

Most nurses wore a uniform, whether one for nursing in general or, if they belonged to a military (such as the US Army (Garland) or Starfleet (Christine Chapel)), the appropriate divisional and rank attire and insignia. One who took on the role of a nurse while caring for another could be said to have "nursed" them "back to health". (; )

Some nurses specialized in certain fields, as doctors did. Beck, for example, was an obstetrics specialist. ()  

Dr. Leonard McCoy found nurses easier to work with than other doctors, remarking that another doctor would "argue every little diagnosis with me." ()

In 2293, Commander Pavel Chekov "drafted" three journalists as nurses to help care for the injured El-Aurian refugees in the unstaffed sickbay of the . ()

In 2369, the Bajoran farmer Mullibok called Kira Nerys his nurse when she cared for him after he was shot by a Bajoran phaser. ()

When Julian Bashir asked Yeto to help him treat Quark's injuries in 2370, he initially balked, saying he was not Bashir's nurse. ()

In 2374, The Doctor asked Seven of Nine to play the part of the doctor while he played the role of the nurse in a conversational exercise entitled "The Workplace Encounter". ()

Nurses 
 List of nurses

See also 
 Code Four nursing unit
 Duty nurse
 Head nurse
 Nursemaid
 Nursing student
 OR nurse
 Registered nurse
 Wet nurse

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