What do you think about the entry for nursing being a degree at a time when nurses are not really valued?

While a degree may be upping standards and nursing is certainly more technical these days the standard of nursing on the wards is down to dedicated nurses having people skills and caring, their pay will need to be raised considerably if they are to attract degree students. I think it is another government ill thought out action. It can only lead to a shortage of nurses because overseas nurses who seem to fill the present vacancies will not presumably be well enough qualified. When the present batch of nurses retire there is now and will be worse later on a real shortage. When I was in hospital this year a nurse said to me I might be more interested in patient care if I received a decent salary. What an attitude!!! Nursing on this particular ward was not good I came out of hospital with MRSA.