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Tealeaf · 12-11-2009, 09:20

I heard this too and I am a little confused. Does it mean that someone has to have a degree before they enter the nursing profession or does it mean that after 3 years training to be a nurse you end up a bachelor of nursing? If it is the former, are people with a degree, say joint honours (1st class) in media and lesbian studies qualified to walk on to wards and then stick needles in patient's bums? And if it is the latter, will people spend their years training in the lecture room on ethnic and gay awareness courses? Will they know how to do hospital corners or empty bedpans...can anyone help to clear this up?

12-11-2009, 09:20	#2
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: Degree Level for nursing I heard this too and I am a little confused. Does it mean that someone has to have a degree before they enter the nursing profession or does it mean that after 3 years training to be a nurse you end up a bachelor of nursing? If it is the former, are people with a degree, say joint honours (1st class) in media and lesbian studies qualified to walk on to wards and then stick needles in patient's bums? And if it is the latter, will people spend their years training in the lecture room on ethnic and gay awareness courses? Will they know how to do hospital corners or empty bedpans...can anyone help to clear this up?