How to avoid a nursing inferiority complex
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How to avoid a nursing inferiority complex

Jane Bates Retired nurse

Nurses manage critical situations daily, yet some cannot resist downplaying the role

I’m just a nurse, I said, when asked what I did to earn a crust. Then I gave myself a good earwigging. I get annoyed when nurses come up with that one, and there I was saying it myself.

Nursing Management. 31, 2, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/nm.31.2.11.s5

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