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Sisters are doing it for themselves
Staff at a paediatric emergency unit in Cardiff took matters into their own hands to answer the question: how do nurses collectively improve knowledge and skills under environmental constraints?
Emily Jones
Matthew Williams
Stephen Mullen
Posted 05 January 2018 - 16:08
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