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nursing

adjective as in acting as a nurse

adjective as in gaining nourishment by suckling

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This includes everything from surveying and certifying nursing homes to assisting Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries and overseeing contracts or extra payments to rural ambulance providers.

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The compassionate nursing care he received while hospitalized touched him so much that he decided he wanted to provide the same for others.

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"I have personally experienced nursing and caregiving three times in my life," she said.

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Smith, who has taken only live at-bats in the last week while nursing his injury, did not appear in the wild-card series despite being on the roster.

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They’re meant to be heartwarming, I know — “Look at these two, who met in the nursing home when their wheelchairs collided coming out of the bingo game!” — but they just make me sadder.

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