A hidden workforce
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A hidden workforce

Joan Kemp Lecturer in Nursing, Institute of Nursing Studies, University of Hull

Joan Kemp examines the lot of part-time nurses and questions whether their commitment will ever be taken seriously.

Anna is a friend of mine. We both came into nursing from other occupations, she from clerical work and I from teaching. All three are typical female occupations into which and from which women move at different stages of their working lives.

Nursing Older People. 3, 5, 36-37. doi: 10.7748/eldc.3.5.36.s35

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