Unemployment papers presented to not so welcoming nurse (8)
I believe the answer is:
idleness
'unemployment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'papers presented to not so welcoming nurse' is the wordplay.
'papers' becomes 'id' (identification papers).
'presented to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'not so' becomes 'less' (eg 'not so big' means 'less big').
'welcoming' indicates putting letters inside (in sense of 'inviting in').
'nurse' becomes 'EN' (abbreviation for state-enrolled nurse).
'less' going around 'en' is 'leness'.
'id'+'leness'='IDLENESS'
(Other definitions for idleness that I've seen before include "State of doing nothing" , "I'm having nothing to do" , "unemployment" , "Laziness" , "Having a loaf" .)