Comments on: Nursing to become a Degree only Profession

By: Antony

Antony — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:14:44 +0000

Your most welcome A Nurse!

A x

By: A Nurse

A Nurse — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:35:19 +0000

Hello, I’m a nurse student and this post is very helpul to me. Thank you!

By: Antony

Antony — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:41:48 +0000

Hi Mike,

Yeah you reminded me of the impact Nurses have had on the NHS, going from doctors handmaidens to where we are now. :)

A x

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:21:30 +0000

Having nursing as a graduate profession will help them gain status in a field dominated by doctors. The profession has moved from porter-cum-cleaner to genuinely expert medical practice; nurse consultants leading on patient care, prescribing medicines, deciding who gets what treatment – and thank God. Their dedication is really what has improved the NHS over the last few years (I know; I help to run it!!). You raise some great points and if people get put off for financial reasons, then that has to be tackled head on – but I don’t think the fee structure of universities, given the bursaries grants and loans available, will be a huge hurdle.

By: Sye

Sye — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:18:49 +0000

I think the nursing degree’s are better funded than normal degrees (at salford at least) because you have all your loans and grants available to you as an undergrad on top of your nursing bursary.

I am on HND now, and am pretty much financially sound. Of course I come from a poor family background so my income is assesed as such, so I get all the money that is available.

I think making Nursing a degree only profession lends a lot of credibility to nurses in general, and raises the so called ‘glass cieling’.