title: Playing to my strengths.
abstract: Studying for a pre-nursing orthopaedic certifi cate many years ago inspired my interest in health care and a later job working with children excluded from school made me realise I enjoyed working with young people. So my current job as a school nurse assistant fosters both my interests.
authors.affiliation: St Martin's Hospital in Bath.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuller