title: Nursing 'takes backward step'.
abstract: No one should have any part in the government's plans for associate nurses - or 'nurses on the cheap', as they undoubtedly are. And the plan for nursing degree apprenticeships is a retrograde step. Was the fight for degree-entry nursing a waste of time?
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D004522:Educational Status; D009740:Nursing Staff; D006113:United Kingdom