Student life - Where are all the male nursing students?
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Student life - Where are all the male nursing students?

Andrew Haydon Nursing student, University of West London

As England’s chief nurse embarks on a project with the RCN to improve the image of nursing, let’s start by recruiting more men

When I told my young daughter that I was training to be a nurse, she said: ‘But why? You should be a doctor because you’re a man.’

Nursing Standard. 31, 33, 35-35. doi: 10.7748/ns.31.33.35.s41

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