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Addressing the gender imbalance in nursing

The decision to offer a £1,000-a-year bursary to male nursing students at Coventry University was met with mixed reactions from Nursing Standard readers. But when only one in ten applicants to nursing courses are men, how can the gender imbalance in nursing be addressed?
Posted 12 September 2017 - 09:31
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