The old bias that won’t go away
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The old bias that won’t go away

Erin Dean Freelance health journalist

Nursing is not a job for men… women are nature’s nurturers. Workforce statistics show how hard these myths are to dispel but nurses, employers and universities are determined to keep trying

Earlier this year, MI6 launched an ad campaign to persuade women and people from ethnic minorities to consider a career with the UK’s secret service. The message was clear: you don’t have to be James Bond to be a spy.

Nursing Standard. 33, 6, 28-30. doi: 10.7748/ns.33.6.28.s14

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