title: Celebrating our silver jubilee.
abstract: Not everyone knows early on what job they would like to end up doing, but for some nurses there was only ever one option and it was just the specialty that needed to be worked out. Someone who fits into that category is Karen Brombley, nurse consultant in palliative care, who has achieved the seemingly rare feat of combining a senior nursing role with remaining in clinical practice. Karen, who works at the pioneering hospice Helen and Douglas House, is the first candidate for our new careers series which I hope you will find inspirational.