To ask if you knew that in the UK anyone can call themselves a nurse?

[BoreOfWhabylon]

Anyone can use the title to offer professional advice and services even if they have no professional qualification, experience or have been struck off a professional register.
To protect the public, the title should be restricted to those who are registered with professional regulators such as Registered Nurses and Dental Nurses. This would be the same as titles such as paramedic, physiotherapist and hearing aid dispenser which are limited to those on the professional registers.

If you think, as I do, that this is wrong, please pop over to the Petitions Board, where @Arbella2 has a thread with more information and links to the petition.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/petitions_noticeboard/a4368136-protect-the-title-nurse-in-uk-law-petition-the-title-nurse-can-be-used-by-anyone-in-the-uk-petition-created-by-professor-alison-leary-rn?msgid=111544580#111544580

Hi all

Just a reminder - threads about petitions will be moved to petitions topic if they contain a link, so please don't spam.

A big step forward !
By an overwhelming majority, voting members at the June 2022 Royal College of Nursing Congress have voted to lobby legislators to protect the title Nurse in UK law.

https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/uk-rcn-members-vote-to-lobby-legislators-to-protect-the-title-nurse-060622

The title 'registered nurse' is protected by UK law so I just use this if I want to demonstrate I'm a legitimate nurse

Some background to this month's vote-
Royal College of Nursing press release June 2021 re the growing practice of employing those without registered nurse qualifications into registered nursing roles.
https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/press-releases/nursing-workforce-crisis-leads-to-risky-recruitment-practice

Previous post

See previous post re June 2022 RCN Congress vote.

I know there are heaps of people in the cosmetic aesthetic industry calling themselves nurse.
Eg., Injectables by ‘nurse Sally’, ‘nurse’ whoever if you know what I mean, be very careful.

Anyone can call themselves an accountant and set up their own accountancy firm. Very few professions are actually protected/restricted.

NB Petition closed in December 2021

June 2022
In addition to the RCN voting to lobby legislators to protect the title Nurse in UK law, last week at the NHS ConfedExpo 2022 Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England firmly pledged her support. She branded protection of the title a patient safety issue.