Thursday 9 November 2017

What is a nurse? Baffling number of job roles leaves patients and bosses confused

What is a nurse? Baffling number of job roles leaves patients and bosses confused Because the job title is not protected, anyone can call themselves a nurse. It diminishes the work of the highly trained staff on the NHS frontline.

If you walk into a hospital, care home or GP surgery in England today, you might see someone who calls themselves a nurse. But are they a nurse? What kind of qualifications, skills and experience do they have? Can you tell? The word “nurse” has become embedded over hundreds of years in society’s collective psyche – usually as a generic, female carer of some kind. Continue reading... The Guardian

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