BBC NEWS | Health | Nursing to become graduate entry
Its been announced that as from 2013 anyone wanting to enter the nursing profession will have to be educated to degree level, I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not. To me nursing has always been about vocation, it takes a very special person to take on looking after the sick, I for one couldn't do it. Okay there has to be a pretty high level of education in this day and age, but to insist on the level may put off many young people from entering the profession, therefore leaving the NHS dangerously understaffed