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Day: November 21, 2009

Nursing by Degree

Posted on November 21, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, the government announced that, from 2013, all nursing staff would have to be graduates.  “Degree-level education,” said Health Minister for England Ann Keen, will provide new nurses with the decision-making skills they need to make high-level judgements in the transformed NHS. I’m not so sure of this. […]

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