DH is having a lot of hospital appts at the mo (rectal cancer with possible spread). Every time we have been in, there is what I assume is a nurse, whose role is to weigh him and then sit in on the consultation.
Could this person be an actual nurse, or is s/he more likely to be an HCP? Because I cannot see why an actual nurse is reqd in clinic appts - understand the need for a chaperone etc, but surely not an actual trained nurse?
I am really not trying to diss these people, who are lovely, but I dont understand - if highly, expensively trained nurses (and dont start me on the lack of funding for student nurses) why are they not actually doing nursing? If less qualified HCP then fine, and those are totally valid, under-valued roles too, but then they are called nurses?