Breaking through the 'Darleck syndrome'

This article shares the author's concern for the future of nurse education especially in relation to student nurses gaining clinical experience. In the light of Project 2000 there are varied and exciting basic nurse education courses being planned and implemented throughout the UK that aim to develop the student nurse into an open, responsive, caring professional. All the bright ideas and hard work that nurse educationalists are investing in the new courses will come to nought however, if equivalent time, energy and bright ideas are not invested in updating and refreshing experienced nurses. This article explores some of these issues.