Bed of nails
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Bed of nails

Jane Bates Works in outpatients, In Hampshire

Jane Bates recalls the fine art of bed making

Glancing idly over a list of procedures while I was damp-dusting our theatre, I reeled in shock. ‘Operation on the nail bed,’ it read.

Nursing Standard. 23, 51, 27-27. doi: 10.7748/ns.23.51.27.s29

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