title: Meeting students' learning needs is a priority.
abstract: I wish to respond to a letter by student nurse Rebecca O'Brien (Letters February 2). As one of the nurses on ward 16 at Solihull Hospital who participated in supervising Rebecca, I would like to thank her for taking the time and trouble to write to Nursing Standard to thank us for mentoring her.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delpino