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Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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Abstract:
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has voiced concern over nurses' poor levels of English and maths after a third of newly qualified nurses failed a basic test set by a hospital as part of anew selection process.
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