title: A vision for nursing research.
abstract: In previous editorials I have written about the need to ensure that a career in research is acknowledged as a real job trajectory option for nursing students and for nurses considering a career change. It is, therefore, with considerable satisfaction that I read the NHS Commissioning Board's Developing the Culture of Compassionate Care: Creating a New Vision for Nurses, Midwives and Care-givers (Department of Health 2012). Research and research careers are central to this draft vision.