Nursing in the Crossfire

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What is exceptional in nursing is the nature of the work: the continuous and intimate association with pain and not infrequent contact with death. . . . Not every man or woman would feel themselves able to undertake the duties of a nurse.Brian Abel-Smith, A History of the Nursing Profession, 1960.1 Nursing is an embattled profession. Many nurses who work in hospitals feel that they are overworked and often unable to provide good patient care. The young people who traditionally have embarked on careers in nursing are increasingly choosing other fields, such as medicine or business, in which the . . .

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