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'''Nurses''' were health care professionals generally subordinate to [[medical doctor]]s. Some were surgical nurses, who actively assisted surgeons during invasive operations. Others focused more on [[patient]] care in general [[hospital]]s or specialised facilities such as mental institutions and research laboratories. Still others worked in emergency settings, which often required a blend of surgical and patient care. Finally, some worked for private institutions, such as schools or companies.
'''Nurses''' were health care professionals. Some were surgical nurses, who actively assisted surgeons during invasive operations. Others focused on [[patient]] care in general [[hospital]]s or specialised facilities such as [[mental institution]]s and research laboratories. Still others worked in emergency settings, which often required a blend of surgical and patient care. Finally, some worked for private institutions, such as schools or companies.


Occasionally, individuals impersonated nurses, usually to enact a criminal plan or [[alien invasion]].
Occasionally, individuals impersonated nurses, usually to enact a criminal plan or [[alien invasion]].


Secondarily, '''"Nurse"''' was also a surname, likely only amongst [[English]]-speaking [[human]]s.
On [[Earth]], some saw a nurse that was not a [[woman]] to be an oddity. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') Infact, among [[the Doctor]]'s friends were male nurses [[Rory Williams]] and [[Strax]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
== As medical term ==
==== General hospital nurses ====
* [[Nurse (Spearhead from Space)|A nurse]] at [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital]] who assisted Dr. [[Henderson (Spearhead from Space)|Henderson]] in his care of the post-[[regeneration|regenerative]] [[Third Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'')
* The [[Sisters of Plenitude]] — including [[Casp|Matron Casp]], [[Jatt|Sister Jatt]], [[Novice Hame]], and [[Corvin|Sister Corvin]] — a group of [[Catkind]] nurses, at least some of whom seemed to act more like [[medical doctor]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')
* A [[Nurse (Dead Man Walking)|nurse]] at an unnamed [[Cardiff]] [[hospital]] who opined that a heavily-aged [[Martha Jones]] would likely die. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')
* [[Rory Williams]], Amy Pond's husband worked at [[Royal Leadworth Hospital]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'')
* A [[Nurse (Let's Kill Hitler)|nurse who]] worked under the [[Sisters of the Infinite Schism]]. ([[DW]]: [[Let's Kill Hitler|''Let's Kill Hitler'']])


==== Surgical nurses ====
== General hospital nurses ==
* [[Curtis (Doctor Who)|Curtis]], Dr. [[Grace Holloway]]'s surgical assistant in the unsuccessful operation on the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
* [[Nurse (Spearhead from Space)]], who assisted Dr. [[Henderson (Spearhead from Space)|Henderson]] in his care of the post-[[regeneration|regenerative]] [[Third Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
* [[Nurse (The Long Game)|The nurse]] who implanted an [[infospike]] into the [[brain]] of [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'')
* The [[Sisters of Plenitude]] — including [[Casp|Matron Casp]], [[Jatt|Sister Jatt]], [[Hame|Novice Hame]], and [[Corvin|Sister Corvin]] — a group of [[Catkind]] nurses. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')
* [[Amy Carysfort]], who opined that a heavily-aged [[Martha Jones]] would likely die. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')
* [[Rory Williams]], [[Amy Pond]]'s husband, who worked at [[Royal Leadworth Hospital]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'') and later at a hospital near the [[White City tube station]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
* [[Nurse (Let's Kill Hitler)]], who worked under the [[Sisters of the Infinite Schism]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
* [[Nurse (Project Twilight)]], who worked somewhere in [[England]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'')


==== Emergency nurses ====
== Surgical nurses ==
===== Civilian =====
[[Shelly Curtis|Nurse Shelly Curtis]] served as Dr. [[Grace Holloway]]'s surgical assistant in the unsuccessful operation on the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'')
* [[Thomas Hector Schofield]] — or "Hex" — a nurse at [[St. Gart's Hospital]], who became a [[companion]] of the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Harvest]]'', et al)
* [[Wheeler]], an emergency room nurse at [[Walker General Hospital]], who assisted in the initial examination of the [[Seventh Doctor]], following gunshot wounds. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
* A [[senior nurse (From Out of the Rain)|senior]] and [[A&E nurse (From Out of the Rain)|A&E nurse]] in an unnamed [[Cardiff]] hospital who attended victims of the [[Night Travellers]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain]]'')


===== Military =====
A [[Nurse (The Long Game)|nurse]] who implanted an [[infospike]] into the [[brain]] of [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')
* Lady [[Jennifer Buckingham]], a [[British]] nurse and ambulance driver during [[World War I]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')
* Nurse [[Crane (The Curse of Fenric)|Crane]], a [[British Army]]-supplied nurse for the ailing Dr. [[Judson]] during [[World War II]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* A [[British Army]] [[Nurse (To the Last Man)|nurse]] at [[St. Teilo's Military Hospital]] who ministered to [[Tommy Brockless]]' psychological scars from [[World War I]] combat. ([[TW]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'')
* Commander [[Strax]], a [[Sontaran ]]commander demoted to nursing duties for military dishonour, who died fighting alongside [[The Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] at the [[Battle of Demon's Run]].


==== Specialised nurses ====
== Emergency nurses ==
===== At research institutions =====
=== Civilian ===
* [[Marius' Nurse|Marius' nurse]] and [[Reception Nurse|the reception nurse]] at the [[Bi-Al Foundation]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
[[Hex|Thomas Hector Schofield]] — or "Hex" — was a nurse at [[St Gart's Bankside Hospital]], who became a [[companion]] of the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'', et al.)
* [[Plummer]], a practical assistant to Dr. [[Aaron Copley]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Reset (Torchwood story)|Reset]]'')
* [[Miss Foster]], a neo-natal nurse, posing as the head of a [[Adipose Industries|commercial pharmaceutical company]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'')


===== At mental institutions =====
[[Angela Wheeler]] was an emergency room nurse at [[Walker General Hospital]], who assisted in the initial examination of the [[Seventh Doctor]], following gunshot wounds. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'')
==== Private nurses ====
* A [[senior nurse (From Out of the Rain)|senior]] and [[A&E nurse (From Out of the Rain)|A&E nurse]] in an unnamed [[Cardiff]] hospital who attended victims of the [[Night Travellers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'')
* [[Nurse (The Sun Makers)|A nurse]] for [[The Company]] on [[Pluto]] who announced [[Cordo]]'s father's death. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'')
* [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]], a nurse at [[Farringham School for Boys]], who met [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] — and the [[Tenth Doctor]] — in [[1913]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
==== False nurses ====
* The [[Deffry Vale High School]] [[Nurse (School Reunion)|nurse]], in fact a [[Krillitane]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'')
* [[Lythia]], a shape-changed impostor at [[Hippocrates Base]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Sins of the Fathers]]'')
* [[Helen Sherman]], a woman who told [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Ianto Jones]] she was a nurse, likely in order to cover for the fact that she was, in fact, a [[cannibal]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Countrycide]]'')
* [[Verity Smith]], the unseen, [[TARDIS]]-invented mother of [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
* [[Xanxia]], a [[hologram|holographic]] projection of Queen Xanxia, who pretended to be the personal nurse of [[The Captain]] on [[Zanak]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]])''


== As surname ==
=== Military ===
* [[Rebecca Nurse|Rebecca]] and [[Francis Nurse]], two [[Massachusetts]] citizens involved in the [[witchcraft]] trials of the [[17th century]], whom the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] met. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Witch Hunters]]'')
Lady [[Jennifer Buckingham]] was a [[British]] nurse and [[ambulance]] driver during [[World War I]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')


[[Category:Disambiguation]]
Nurse [[Crane (The Curse of Fenric)|Crane]] was a [[British Army]]-supplied nurse for the ailing Dr. [[Judson]] during [[World War II]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
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A [[British Army]] [[Nurse (To the Last Man)|nurse]] at [[St. Teilo's Military Hospital]] ministered to [[Tommy Brockless]]' psychological scars from [[World War I]] combat. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'')
 
Commander [[Strax]] was a [[Sontaran]] commander demoted to nursing duties for military dishonour, serving in this capacity at the [[Battle of Zaruthstra]]. He seemingly died fighting alongside the [[Eleventh Doctor]] at the [[Battle of Demons Run]], but was revived soon after. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later (webcast)|The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later]]'')
 
== Specialised nurses ==
=== At research institutions ===
* [[Marius' nurse]] and the [[reception nurse]] at the [[Bi-Al Foundation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'')
* [[Plummer]], a practical assistant to Dr. [[Aaron Copley]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'')
* [[Miss Foster]], a neo-natal nurse, posing as the head of a [[Adipose Industries|commercial pharmaceutical company]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')
 
=== At mental institutions ===
A nurse, who worked at [[Milhampton Hospital]], escorted [[Graham Winslet]] into the building after he wandered out. However, upon returning, she came face to face with an [[Auton]] who proceeded to absorb her into the [[Nestene Consciousness]] mind. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Auton 3: Awakening (home video)|Auton 3: Awakening]]'')
 
== Private nurses ==
A [[Nurse (The Sun Makers)|nurse]] announced [[Cordo]]'s father's death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'')
 
[[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]] was a nurse at [[Farringham School for Boys]], who met [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] — and the [[Tenth Doctor]] — in [[1913]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
 
== False nurses ==
At [[Deffry Vale High School]], the [[Nurse (School Reunion)|nurse]] was among the [[Krillitane]] infiltrators. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'')
 
[[Lythia]], a [[Shapeshifter|shape-changed]] impostor at [[Hippocrates Base]], posed as a nurse. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sins of the Fathers (comic story)|Sins of the Fathers]]'')
 
[[Helen Sherman]] told [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Ianto Jones]] she was a nurse, likely in order to cover for the fact that she was, in fact, a [[cannibal]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'')
 
[[Verity Smith]], the unseen, [[TARDIS]]-invented mother of [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]], was a nurse. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
 
[[Xanxia]] was a [[hologram|holographic]] projection of [[Queen]] Xanxia, who pretended to be the personal nurse of [[the Captain]] on [[Zanak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'')
 
Tending to [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart]], the [[First Doctor]] presented the [[Twelfth Doctor]] as his nurse while admitting that it was a "little improbable" because he was a man, much to the embarrassment of the latter Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'')
 
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Nurses were health care professionals. Some were surgical nurses, who actively assisted surgeons during invasive operations. Others focused on patient care in general hospitals or specialised facilities such as mental institutions and research laboratories. Still others worked in emergency settings, which often required a blend of surgical and patient care. Finally, some worked for private institutions, such as schools or companies.

Occasionally, individuals impersonated nurses, usually to enact a criminal plan or alien invasion.

On Earth, some saw a nurse that was not a woman to be an oddity. (TV: Twice Upon a Time) Infact, among the Doctor's friends were male nurses Rory Williams and Strax. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, A Good Man Goes to War)

General hospital nurses[[edit] | [edit source]]

Surgical nurses[[edit] | [edit source]]

Nurse Shelly Curtis served as Dr. Grace Holloway's surgical assistant in the unsuccessful operation on the Seventh Doctor. (TV: Doctor Who, PROSE: The Novel of the Film)

A nurse who implanted an infospike into the brain of Adam Mitchell. (TV: The Long Game)

Emergency nurses[[edit] | [edit source]]

Civilian[[edit] | [edit source]]

Thomas Hector Schofield — or "Hex" — was a nurse at St Gart's Bankside Hospital, who became a companion of the Seventh Doctor. (AUDIO: The Harvest, et al.)

Angela Wheeler was an emergency room nurse at Walker General Hospital, who assisted in the initial examination of the Seventh Doctor, following gunshot wounds. (TV: Doctor Who, PROSE: The Novel of the Film)

Military[[edit] | [edit source]]

Lady Jennifer Buckingham was a British nurse and ambulance driver during World War I. (TV: The War Games)

Nurse Crane was a British Army-supplied nurse for the ailing Dr. Judson during World War II. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)

A British Army nurse at St. Teilo's Military Hospital ministered to Tommy Brockless' psychological scars from World War I combat. (TV: To the Last Man)

Commander Strax was a Sontaran commander demoted to nursing duties for military dishonour, serving in this capacity at the Battle of Zaruthstra. He seemingly died fighting alongside the Eleventh Doctor at the Battle of Demons Run, but was revived soon after. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War, WC: The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later)

Specialised nurses[[edit] | [edit source]]

At research institutions[[edit] | [edit source]]

At mental institutions[[edit] | [edit source]]

A nurse, who worked at Milhampton Hospital, escorted Graham Winslet into the building after he wandered out. However, upon returning, she came face to face with an Auton who proceeded to absorb her into the Nestene Consciousness mind. (HOMEVID: Auton 3: Awakening)

Private nurses[[edit] | [edit source]]

A nurse announced Cordo's father's death. (TV: The Sun Makers)

Joan Redfern was a nurse at Farringham School for Boys, who met John Smith — and the Tenth Doctor — in 1913. (TV: Human Nature)

False nurses[[edit] | [edit source]]

At Deffry Vale High School, the nurse was among the Krillitane infiltrators. (TV: School Reunion)

Lythia, a shape-changed impostor at Hippocrates Base, posed as a nurse. (COMIC: Sins of the Fathers)

Helen Sherman told Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones she was a nurse, likely in order to cover for the fact that she was, in fact, a cannibal. (TV: Countrycide)

Verity Smith, the unseen, TARDIS-invented mother of John Smith, was a nurse. (TV: Human Nature)

Xanxia was a holographic projection of Queen Xanxia, who pretended to be the personal nurse of the Captain on Zanak. (TV: The Pirate Planet)

Tending to Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart, the First Doctor presented the Twelfth Doctor as his nurse while admitting that it was a "little improbable" because he was a man, much to the embarrassment of the latter Doctor. (TV: Twice Upon a Time)

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