[garinda]

I think it's great if nurses want to do a degree, if they can find the time inbetween working, as Lettie has recently done, but I don't necessarily think academic qualifications make a nurse a good nurse.

I've recently come into contact with some nurses with no people skills at all, and who shouldn't be employed to deal with people at all, nevermind nurse them. On the other hand I've seen auxillaries who provided wonderful nursing care.