You have almost certainly been in hospital at least once, if only to be born. The chances are that one of the nurses at your bedside was a young trainee. For every three qualified hospital nurses there are two in training, and without them hospitals would close down. In tonight's documentary we look at some of these teenage girls and examine some of their future problems and patients. For years it has been thought of as a vocation. But it is just an ordinary job. It is a very difficult job, it's a job that very few people understand unless you are actually there in the middle of it - doing it ... Tonight, at a time when nurses are fighting their way into the headlines, they get a chance to explain what this ' ordinary job involves. Script adviser ANTHEA COHEN Produced by RAMSAY SHORT
