title: Opportunities in nurse education.
abstract: It is a rare student who starts out on a career in nursing with the intention of becoming a tutor. In an information package on the preparation for teachers sent out a couple of years ago, the English National Board described as 'endless' the qualities required to make a successful teacher, listing as important 'personality, sincerity, courage, resolution, efficiency, energy and tact'. The overall quality, it adds, is, perhaps, excellence.