Or maybe the nurse figured it out, but didn't want anybody else to know.

The nurse wants to know if he has to urinate.

I think basically many nurses don't really want to care for older people.

The nurse wanted to make sure that Kevin would know the feel of his child, if only once.

The nurse at the receiving desk wanted to know what was wrong with me.

His doctor wasn't in the building, and the nurse didn't want to call him at home.

When another nurse wants a hand or a doctor is looking for information, it rings again.

The idea that the nurses would want to be paid did not seem to occur to Alcott.

And why on earth would a nurse in that situation want to mislead me?

It's bad enough that everyone else is asking the question, and now the nurse wants to know.