title: He who pays the fiddler  calls the tune!
abstract: September 2012 marks the beginning of yet another academic year and whether you are a new pre-registration student reading this column for the very first time, a continuing pre-registration student making the transition from first to second, or second to third year, a newly-qualified or established practising nurse, this is an important time.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, University of Hertfordshire.
authors.forename: Lyn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karstadt
mesh_terms: D017048:Health Care Costs; D013222:State Medicine; D013338:Students, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom