COVID-19 hijacks nurses’ big year but also demonstrates their importance

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From Zahra Shahtahmasebi: We are coming to the end of the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. This excellent piece by Fiona Cassie says that while COVID-19 might have overshadowed the nurses big year, it also demonstrated what an important part of the workforce they are