Nurse couples: What’s it like when your partner is a fellow nurse
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Nurse couples: What’s it like when your partner is a fellow nurse

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Spouses or partners who are both nurses will likely understand what each other goes through at work, but are there drawbacks? We ask three nurse couples

With the antisocial hours and pressures that come with being a nurse, the stresses and strains of the job can be hard to understand for someone outside of the profession.

Nursing Standard. 38, 12, 14-17. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.12.14.s10

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