tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post1338241307054990198..comments2024-03-21T09:30:11.468+00:00Comments on Man in a Shed: Isn't nursing a vocation rather than an academic discipline ?Man in a Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-36826168587304001272009-11-14T22:01:12.296+00:002009-11-14T22:01:12.296+00:00It's this mania for specialization and the iro...It's this mania for specialization and the iron curtain pseudo-qualifications which has reduced the country to rubble.<br /><br />Oh when all this is swept away and we can get back to sanity.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-67394754735377716102009-11-14T00:15:56.100+00:002009-11-14T00:15:56.100+00:00Having been made very ill due to misdiagnosis and ...Having been made very ill due to misdiagnosis and treatment by a "Nurse Practitioner" at a local hospital I will never, voluntarily see one again. She couldn't even be bothered to come closer than 8ft, perhaps in case she caught something nasty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-76021545883464490102009-11-13T20:03:52.941+00:002009-11-13T20:03:52.941+00:00I would have thought that being able to speak Engl...I would have thought that being able to speak English fluently would have been a priority for nurses.Ginronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-57487742068204467452009-11-13T11:38:18.081+00:002009-11-13T11:38:18.081+00:00It’s typical muddled thinking. In principle, ther...It’s typical muddled thinking. In principle, there is nothing wrong with having senior or specialist nurses with specialist degrees, but most caring work in a hospital does not require anymore academic qualification than that secured by the old style state registered nurses (SRN) (or state enrolled nurses (SEN) for that matter.) What will happen here is that the new graduate nurses will become largely a managerial class doing a minimum of clinical work and all the other very important but routine work will be undertaken by non graduate “auxiliaries” – nurses in all but name.ContraToryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479054357874249861noreply@blogger.com