[Margaret Pilkington]

It as watching Emergency Ward 10 that made me want to become a nurse....but that was way back when TV was somehow gentler.
I agree that people don't seem to want to go into nursing....as you say the young folk(or at least some of them) are much more interested in getting celebrity status.
The people who do choose to go into nursing sometimes do it for the wrong reasons...but that isn't their fault, it is the selectors failure to recognise this.

I loved my nursing career. It was like being paid for something I enjoyed...yes, it was hard work, yes there were days when I came home and wondered what the heck I had let myself in for.....but it was the most satisfying job ever....but again, it was spoiled by making it university based. Caring is something that does not need a university education. It takes common sense and application, it takes kindness and compassion...show me a university that can teach these things.