title: Out to pasture?
abstract: Nursing homes can provide space for the development of creative and dynamic nursing practice that should be celebrated. However, there is no doubt that negative attitudes towards nursing homes and the nurses who work in them persist. Comments such as 'what do you do all day, do you it drinking tea?' or 'isn't it depressing?' are common, and the opinion that nurses working in this setting 'probably couldn't get a job anywhere else' tends to be held by those who have never set foot inside a nursing home.
authors.affiliation: At the Department of Applied Social Science, Lancaster University and part time staff nurse at St Catherine's Hospice, Preston.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eastham