Colls wrote:

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Do you think that nursing training is as good as the old days? I cant imagine what it must be like to come out of Uni, degree in hand and then learn about people. Whatever the reason, I don't think there's any need for rudeness in health care of any sort.

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 Whilst in Uni, trainee nurses do lots of placements to become "hands-on" so they should have a good understanding of what the job requires.

In the "old days" trainee nurses were often given menial tasks such as emptying bed pans or making beds, so it probably took just as long to find that "human connection." They also spent a lot of time in the class room, except they were paid to do the training. To some it was just a job, whereas uni trained nurses are usually quite passionate about their chosen career.

I really do think people have the wrong idea of what uni trained nursing is all about and I say that in the nicest possible way. We all hear stories about how a nurse can't get the necessary training sitting behind a desk all day in a class room, but from what I've heard, the balance between the new and old ways of doing things is about the same.

I work with some fantastic hospital trained nurses and I really look up to them, but by the same token I've worked with hospital trained nurses who are obviously burned out and only remain in the job to stack even more gold rings on their fingers. The same is true with uni trained nurse too. Some I look up to, others I wouldn't give the time of day!