title: Proud to be hands on.
abstract: I came into nursing by accident. I had wanted to be a speech therapist but my mother, who had been a nurse and trained at St Mary's, Paddington, suggested that I apply there as well, so I did. I was given a place and thought I could always leave if I didn't like it, but I liked it and I have never looked back.
authors.affiliation: Matron at King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, London.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cassels