He made his first appearance of the 2008–09 season in Dagenham's first game of the season, coming on as a late substitute in a 6–0 home win over Chester City. Nurse scored his first goal of the season on 21 October 2008, again appearing as a second-half substitute and halving the deficit as Dagenham lost 2–1 away to AFC Bournemouth. He was praised by teammate Ben Strevens after the match – "He doesn't get the credit for the way he plays. You know what you get from him. I can't say enough good things about him". Nurse made most of his appearances during the season as a substitute, playing in 39 matches, 18 of which starting, scoring four times. Dagenham missed out on one of the play-off places after finishing a point behind seventh placed Shrewsbury Town. Nurse signed a one-year contract extension on 30 June 2009, thus keeping him contracted to the club until the summer of 2010.
