I don't think he was a nurse at the time. I believe part of his testimony to get money for Terri's injuries was that he became a nurse in order to help her.
"Has there been a good answer as to why, Terri's husband, a nurse, didn't try to resuscitate her?"
He became a nurse to help her according to news articles, after she went into the hospital.
"attorneys had turned down the couple, who had little money."
The atty's want more money, the insurance companies don't want to pay, most everybody wants health care at lower prices. This country is fast becoming a mess.