title: Student life - Down but definitely not out.
abstract: Most of students' pre-registration training takes place in the hospital environment. This, combined with the common misconception that nurses who work in the community are not 'proper nurses', may result in students and newly qualified nurses underestimating the field's complexity.
authors.affiliation: Staffordshire University, Stoke-On-Trent.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morton