Going underground
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Going underground

Audrey Hind explains to Bronwen Jones how nursing for British Coal gives her wider scope than general hospital work

Black dust coats the buildings and grimey faced men blink, bewildered by daylight, as they surface after eight hours underground. One has cut his finger, crimson blood on blackened skin. A pit nurse, in pristine orange overalls, steps forward to attend to the wound.

Nursing Standard. 2, 29, 50-51. doi: 10.7748/ns.2.29.50.s84

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