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The nurse mentor is important in the personal and professional development of undergraduate nurses, ensuring that nursing students are competent and well prepared for practice at the point of registration. The importance of a rigorous evidence base for mentors and fellow nurse educators to use to inform education and practice should not be overlooked. This article seeks to expand this knowledge base and acquire research data that is relevant, topical and in line with the latest thinking to support best practice in nurse mentorship and nursing student education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents the views of a ward sister on how her experiences gave her the drive and determination to seek research-based solutions to some of the conditions that she encountered. Difficult problems encountered as a ward sister; Her role as a nurse; Decision to use a magnitude ratio scale as a means of designing an instrument; Opinion about a researcher.

Focus groups are not simply a discussion between people, but are focused interviews exploring interactions between participants. In this paper, Ian Mansell, Glynis Bennett, Ruth Northway, Donna Mead and Laurie Moseley explore the complexities and practicalities of using focus groups in research, with reference to a study of palliative care services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]