Nursing
Sir,—As an enrolled nurse I take umbrage at the suggestion put forward by Ms McGill (August 24) that I and my colleagues are not qualified to take part in the acute treatment of patients. For a great many years enrolled nurses have been providing a high standard of nursing care. A proportion of that care has been, and is, carried out in acute nursing situations. For many enrolled nurses their role involves “on call”; the direct dealing with actute emergency situations. Further, the comparison offered between enrolled nurses and nurse aids is invalid. Enrolled nurses complete a training programme dictated by a certain number of practical and theoretical hours to be completed. Hospital aids, whilst valuable members of the health team, complete no such training. The comment made by Dr Jack Havill, I endorse. Money can be saved in nursing budgets by the proper utilisation of enrolled nurses. I believe, in many instances, enrolled nurses are not used to their full potential. — Yours, etc., . . KAREN HARRISON. September 13,1988.
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