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What happens if one specialized in peds and worked in that area for a couple of years then wanted to work in emergency room. Do they have to go back to school? Are there a fair amount of nurses going for their masters degree. Is it better to work in a government or private hospital? Do most facilities offer good benifits such as, health insurance, life insurance, retirement benifits, tuition reimburstment, sick leave maternity leave, vacation time

in the US we have several degrees of RNs. there are the nurses who obtained a 2 year degree from a junior college, and there are those who obtained a degree from a 4 year university. There is not a large difference in the pay. Then there in the master's prepared nurses. Do you have these differences? So, the government determines what your raise will be, not the facility you work for? Is this for all nurses? Do you have private hospitals that are independent from the government? Are all the hospitals under one union?

I've viewed the RCN website and I am interested to know about the bullying campaign and the 2 per cent pay award.

What area of nursing are you working in. In your opinion, what are some nursing issues you are faced with. In the US we have various levels of nursing. What if any are the different levels of nursing in the UK.

I am a nursing student in the United States trying to gain insight on nursing issues in the UK and compare them to the issues in the US. Some of the issues I am looking at are the different levels in nursing, nursing school enrollment, the average salary, nursing shortage, retention and recruitment incentive, burnout, stress. These are some of the issues I am wanting to discuss.