"What do people think nurses are? Does anyone believe they walk in off the streets with no skills, knowledge or experience and get the job because they are nice people? All Registered General Nurses and Registered Mental Nurses in the UK are qualified to do the job..."

Exactly. So why this need to change things?



"In the past they did a two year diploma. Nowadays they are doing a three year degree. It's about ensuring they have the skills and knowledge. The experience still builds up on the job as a result of practical application of the skills and knowledge."

But, they had the skills and knowledge with the two year diploma. Or am I missing the blindingly obvious?

What difference does the apparently magic 'degree' word have to do with it?


Will, allegedly, our country has never been so 'better educated' and yet we have a nation of people who can't seem to put coherent, common sensed thoughts together, let alone write, let alone add up, let alone think deeply. Obviously, I am generalising here, but never have we lived in such a tested, examined, qualified society, yet never have we lived in such a Dumbed Down Age.

Edukashon is very different to Learning.

Nurses have always been wonderful. A degree will not make *more* wonderful.

And will someone **please** tell me how I'll be able to spot the difference between the Degreed and the Non-Degreed Nurse?