I am a Student Nurse in the UK, and i must say that in the US, Nursing Practice in extremely well paid when compared to that in the States, probably because we are employed directly by the National Health Service Trusts and not agencies or Healthcare Providers.
But in terms of pay, when i qualify i will be a Staff Nurses Gade D, and i will get paid £19500ish if i am living inside the M25 (a massive ring road that encircles the city of London) Outside of the M25 i woul get £16500, and then the maximum i could probably earn would be £35000 before my role became entirely office based.
Also there are many differences between your advancement and ours.
For instance we too have Emergency Nurse Practionners, but they can only take Minor Injuries, also we cannot have Nurse Anaesthetists as the GMC (General Medical Council) blocked the idea (they didn' t think it would be a good idea! Even though everyone knows that an experienced Nurses knowledge of anaesthesia can surpuss that of a Registrar/Chief Resident)
Although Nurse training is free and we can get up to £6500 from the government as a grant, we cannot have interest free loans and a lot of that money will go on rent leaving you with £100 a month to live on.
The final straw would have to be that in London an Underground (tube) driver earns £35000 a year with 42 days holiday and maximum of 4 1/2 shifts bewteen breaks and they sit in a tin can with 3 levers, 4 dials and 2 buttons. whre is the justice????
