I note the date on this piece and we have written about the state of nursing in HE and the UK since. I found this paper sadly ringing true today and of course now compounded by HE fee structures. However, what to do...there are a number of articles now published on this topic but not much seems to change. I note HE campaigns such as http://cdbu.org.uk/ and http://publicuniversity.org.uk/ and http://sociologyandthecuts.wordpress.com/ but nursing seems to be ghost like. Is there mileage on a special issue of JAN or something ? I am increasingly frustrated by the lack of a strong nursing development in HE which results from both external and internal influences.
Article Cruel Britannia: A personal critique of nursing in the United Kingdom