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Should nurses be role models for health?

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Susie Dunkley, bank district nurse in Bristol, debates with Marissa Ward, mental health nurse in Nottingham, on whether the nurses should be role models for health in order to promote it. Dunkley feels that people look at nurses for support and guidance and are hence best suited as role models for health. Ward believes that promoting nurses as role models will reinforce the huge inequalities of power in health care.

Health promotion, Role models, Dunkley, Susie, Ward, Marissa

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Debate: should patients choose the sex of their nurses?

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Nicholas Hick, an advanced neonatal nurse practitioner, Shropshire states that patients in the hospitals should be allowed to choose the sex of their nurses whereas Jo Lawrence a dermatologist nurse specialist, Winchester says that it should not be allowed. Examples and views of different people, where some support Hick and some others support Lawrence are presented.

Nursing services, Hick, Nicholas, Lawrence, Jo

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Nurses hit out over trust health checks

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Nurses in the U.K. appear unhappy over misinterpretations of ratings by NHS trust hospital inspection.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Care Services, Medical & Health Services, Standards, Medical care, Medical care quality, United Kingdom. National Health Service, Rankings, Medical care (Private)

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