title: Making a difference.
abstract: A couple of months ago, I passed one of those milestones that I suppose we all pass sooner or later if we stay in the profession. I am now just over half my life in nursing. Over the years though, I have often been asked why I didn't do medicine instead. After all, it's said 'you're fairly bright wouldn't you have been better off'. The simple truth is, and although it may not be fashionable to say it too often these days, I am really proud of being a nurse. If I knew when I was 18 what I know now, I would still have made the same choice of career, except with fewer doubts.