title: Nurse directors do not have the time to take on a heavy clinical caseload.
abstract: Why do we constantly try to measure ourselves against our medical colleagues? Simply because some medical directors retain some clinical input does not necessarily mean it is right for us.
authors.affiliation: Associate nurse director.|Mental health services, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guellard
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sliver