The NHS have cut back on RN’s - I believe they’re talking about nursing aides who practically run the units or wards.
“The NHS have cut back on RN’s - I believe they’re talking about nursing aides who practically run the units or wards.”
You are absolutely correct. There is a huge difference between a Registered Nurse and a Nurse’s Aid. Most people perceive anyone in scrubs as a “nurse” but this is so incorrect. Only RN’s can dispense medicines, perform specific procedures etc. The “nurse” who takes your blood pressure and temperature and brings you water or ice chips is 99% of the time a Nurse’s Aid. Here in the US we experience mostly well trained good Certified Nurse’s Aids; but once Obamacare’s “reduction in payments to providers (i.e. hospitals)” kicks in who knows what will happen. Nothing good I’m sure.