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Archive > October, 2003 Vol. IV, No. 10

Editor's Page

Man Enough or Smart Enough?

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Dan O'Connor, Editor No offense to the creative people at the Oregon Center for Nursing who came up with this catchy poster campaign that encourages men to apply to nursing school (see "Wanted: More Male Nurses" on page 13), but they're asking the wrong question. Instead of asking if you're man enough to be a nurse, they should have asked if you're smart enough to be a nurse. A study out last month that examined the impact of education on patient survival suggests that the only concern you should have about what's under your nurses' scrubs is more years of schooling.

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