title: Support for the non-graduate.
abstract: As a nurse in my fifties, with 30 years' experience under my belt, (pace the anti-uniform lobby) I am prompted to write in response to your news item on one of The Royal Marsden debates (Nursing Standard September 5-12 1990). How reassuring it is to know that there are still people in the profession who are willing to defend the status of the non-graduate, clinically experienced nurse.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bridges