title: Impact of debt on nursing students in higher education.
abstract: This article examines some of the financial problems faced by nursing students in higher education and outlines current debates among politicians and educational institutions. It includes a discussion of nurse education in the four countries of the U.K., the effects of offering diploma and degree courses, attrition rates, bursaries, job security, potential problems caused by an ongoing crisis of funding in the NHS and its effects on the future of nursing.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. rebecca.cordell-smith@cardiffandvale.wales.nhs.uk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cordell-Smith
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000191:economics*; D005382:Financing, Personal; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014146:Training Support; D006113:United Kingdom