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1974: What should the perfect nurse be like? | BBC Archive
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1:26Now Playing"Compassionate. Skilful. 23-inch waist and soft hands"
The answers were certainly varied when #OnThisDay in 1974 Nationwide asked members of the public from Norwich, Newcastle, Plymouth and Cardiff to describe the qualities they think the perfect nurse should have.
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 27 February 1974.
"Compassionate. Skilful. 23-inch waist and soft hands"
The answers were certainly varied when #OnThisDay in 1974 Nationwide asked members of the public from Norwich, Newcastle, Plymouth and Cardiff to describe the qualities they think the perfect nurse should have.
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 27 February 1974.
"Compassionate. Skilful. 23-inch waist and soft hands"
The answers were certainly varied when #OnThisDay in 1974 Nationwide asked members of the public from Norwich, Newcastle, Plymouth and Cardiff to describe the qualities they think the perfect nurse should have.
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 27 February 1974.
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