title: Readers Panel - Qualified to care.
abstract: As a discarded EN I find the idea of an all-graduate workforce perplexing. Having several levels of nurses at the bedside has many advantages. In my day the auxiliaries often teamed up with the EN while the SRN took charge of the medications. The versatile EN stepped in while the SRN was away.
authors.affiliation: Nursing home in Dorset.
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wheatley
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Hospital, Huddersfield.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Whim Hall Nursing Home, West Linton, Scottish Borders.
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clarkson
authors.affiliation: An EN bank nurse in Kent.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Payne