Part of the job, for 136 Across

• Special treatment, for short
• R.N.'s "touch"
• RN's approach
• Trio with the hit "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
• "Toddlers & Tiaras" airer
• Compassionate handling, briefly
• Nurse's favorite R&B group?
• Letters of compassion
• Gentle treatment, briefly

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1953 as an abbreviation of tender loving care .