Nursing is being diminished
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Nursing is being diminished

It appears that nursing has accepted Jeremy Hunt’s diminution of the profession, as now you can become a qualified nurse without even an A level to your name (‘A scheme off to a slow start’, analysis, 23 August). This has been compounded by the introduction of the nursing associate role.

Nursing Standard. 32, 3, 30-30. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.3.30.s29

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