Which preposition to use with nurse

in Occurrences 156%

One nurse in the Charlotte Ward (Sir Andrew Clark's) said he used literally to shovel out half-crowns at Christmas when he asked what the patients were going to do.

of Occurrences 121%

Prajâpati was aunt and nurse of Sâkyamuni, the first woman admitted to the monkhood, and the first superior of the first Buddhistic convent.

to Occurrences 70%

I sent my last nurse to a patient yesterday and since then have had two applications for one.

for Occurrences 69%

"I would not have a nurse for the worldI hate and detest nurses.

at Occurrences 52%

These were favourable, or so the doctor declared, but the injured woman's condition called for great care and he would send over a capable nurse at-once.

with Occurrences 47%

'Please, Madam, would you kindly go into the nursery; Master Archie wishes you to come and hear about the goldensomething he's just made up like,' said Dilly's nurse with an expression of resignation.

on Occurrences 30%

The nurse on the front seat held the youngest child, a little girl about Deanie's age.

from Occurrences 17%

She had been watchful of her nurse from the first, and was suspicious of the actions which had led to this untoward accident.

than Occurrences 15%

"Come," I said, "let me show you, sir, how the troops lay that day," and as he assented, I led the way along the lines and pointed out the position held by the enemy and how we had opposed them; but my thoughts were miles away with that wasted figure tossing wearily from side to side of a rude camp cot on the bank of the Yoxiogeny, with no other nurses than two or three rough soldiers.

by Occurrences 11%

I for one would nurse by every legitimate means the spirit of independence in the brave Arabs, but I shudder to think what will happen to them under the schemes of exploitation of their country by the greedy capitalists protected as they will be by the mandatory Powers.

into Occurrences 7%

Nevertheless, I am disposed to believe that under this mass of abortions and rubbish there lie hidden some sparks of a diviner fire, which the genius of my countrymen may gather and nurse into a flame.

about Occurrences 5%

The slightest delay in administering the bath, or the emetic, may be fatal; hence, the importance of nurses about very young children being acquainted with the symptoms.

as Occurrences 5%

Miss Delano holds constantly in reserve fifteen hundred nurses as emergency detachments, a reservoir from which some eight hundred have been drawn for cantonment hospitals.

like Occurrences 5%

A few classy nurses like the Mercy Militia Sextet, some live, grand-old-flag tunes by Harry Mordelle, and there's a half a million dollars in that show.

through Occurrences 5%

It was a pathetic sign of what was coming, that she now allowed Theophil sometimes to be Jenny's nurse through the night hours.

during Occurrences 4%

I introduced the topic thus: "You remember the detached sentences taken down by the nurse during the period of Carmel's unconsciousness.

over Occurrences 3%

" Job was installed assistant nurse over Fernando, and when the captain asked the negro about him, the black face became sober, and Job shook his woolly head, saying: "Dun no, massa, spect he am gwine ter die.

among Occurrences 3%

Few who cheered the Red Cross nurses as they made their stirring march on Fifth Avenue, knew that those devoted women would, on entering the Military Nurse Corps, find themselves the only nurses among the Allies without a position of honor.

out Occurrences 3%

This deep-seated habit, which had become a second nature, did not leave her, now she was ill; at any rate, every morning, as soon as consciousness and tranquillity returned to her, she took out the key of her wardrobe, ordered the strong box to be brought to her, and, sending the day nurse out of the room, gave herself up in solitude to her beloved occupation, which had by this time become something like a childish amusement.

under Occurrences 3%

The matron is an American, and has three English nurses under her.

down Occurrences 2%

"Lucille," Dan called to a nurse down the hall, walking quickly after her.

along Occurrences 2%

The next scene that filled the emptiness was rather dim: I was being led by my nurse along a little footpath over a common in Surrey.

beside Occurrences 2%

When the communication was over, and the C.O., attributing the young man's silence to weakness or grateful emotion, had passed on, the nurse beside the bed saw the patient bury his head in the pillow with a queer sound of exasperation, and caught the words, "I call it perfectly childish!"

behind Occurrences 2%

The fat nurse behind me screamed, as the nervous fellow in front leaped like a cat, intent on saving himself no matter what happened to anyone else, and flung me against the woman with the baby.

without Occurrences 2%

The little prince took to his nurse without much trouble, and she soon became accustomed to her new life, although her thoughts often dwelt longingly on her native mountains, her own child and mother and husband.

Which preposition to use with  nurse