The March of the Nurses: Overwhelming support of RCN members for Strike Action

[Beskar]

Not really OT but nurses here absolutily don't need a university-degree

Modern Nurses do. It is because they need to be able to research Evidence Based Practice and implement this. They have responsibility for innovation and change in their environment, leadership and delegating unregistered staff in teams, designing and implementing packages of care, being able to do limited prescribing of medication and advanced clinical skills. The bar in the UK is getting set rather high with the new competencies/standards being introduced (part of why getting real-terms pay cuts is insulting).

Some random articles on the subject:
https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/ed...68.article?v=1
http://councilofdeans.org.uk/2016/08...istered-nurse/
http://www.independentnurse.co.uk/ne...nurses/114527/
https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/ne...s-reveal-78841
https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/ed...004047.article