Are nurses an underrated profession?

I make this thread because if the nurses weren't nice and patient my hospital visit would have been hell but they were very good with me even when I was sick on one of them. I think considering how little they get paid they do a very good job and are often undervalued.

I certainly have 100 times more respect for nurses than I do to fat cat business people.

There are enough nuses, just, but that doesn't mean there isn't a shortage, for one thing I believe there are fewer training and it would be better if we had more than enough.

There are enough nuses, just, but that doesn't mean there isn't a shortage, for one thing I believe there are fewer training and it would be better if we had more than enough.

these would be?

Well the main one is lack of funding, increasing wages would put pressures on other areas of the NHS where funding would decrease.

Whereas there are jobs that many people can do ie nursing who requires no real qualifications or special skills.

I certainly have 100 times more respect for nurses than I do to fat cat business people.

i am not saying nurses are not important you dont get paid well because you have a good heartWhy do railway workers get paid so little?..etc when they provide us so much good, why do road layers get paid so little? The job market will be in a state of equilibrium. If there are nursing shortages - wages will rise to a level where there are enough nurses to supply the demand.

NHS is not supposed to make money, it is for the welfare of the society - therefore workers are underpaid. If nurses want to make more money they would go into private hospitals

It is supposed to make money that it can then reinvest in staff and services.

It makes enough money to pay it's large managerial staff plenty.

you don't need a university degree to become a nurse - trust me, my mum was a nurse

tell me how nhs make money to finance so much staff and services