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Starting out: keeping the scales balanced
Rising from a 32-hour week to a 34-hour week seems insignificant, but for a newly qualified nurse those two hours can really tip the scales in finding a work-life balance, as Emma Cowen finds out.
Emma Cowen
Posted 18 September 2017 - 12:44
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