• Why US Nurses Might Consider Practising in the United Kingdom

    By Brit Peacock While you’d never come to the UK for the weather, spending some time nursing over here can be enlightening and ultimately rewarding, whether you opt for private sector or the National Health Service (NHS). NHS Whatever your thoughts on Obamacare, the UK’s NHS is widely seen as the benchmark for a ‘free’ healthcare system. Born in 1948, it was the first time that hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists were brought together under one umbrella organisation. The central principle being that quality healthcare would be available for all, financed entirely through taxation, which meant people paid according to their means. While some things have changed, it’s…