Aibu to think the nurse crisis could be solved if they had an incentive for people to become nurses

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Starsinyoureyes13 · 04/09/2022 17:52

A student nurse doesn't get paid to study and train on the wards. 37.5 hours and due to lack of nurses they are working alongside nurses wouldn't it be better to pay the trainee nurses and give nurses a payrise rather than NHS squandering money on £60 pound an hour agency staff?

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N1C · 05/09/2022 22:11

@Alexandra2001 infection control was and should be always considered. Gloves, apron and sink with hot water/soap always available for use by family members so not an issue.

As, I said In my experience I noticed French relatives being much more proactive than British relatives. I can't speak for Sweden or Germany.

Hobele · 06/09/2022 09:44

@miniwh Thank you. I'm applying for next year and was told it's extremely competitive (but that might have been referring to an apprenticeship). This made me feel a hit more relaxed.
Sorry for derailing. (Off to namechange.)

SplashparkSummer · 06/09/2022 09:55

ClumpingBambooIsALie · 05/09/2022 21:01

Before they were called HCAs the equivalent role, more or less, was auxiliary nurses. If, as you say, nurses have taken on some of the junior doctors' role and HCAs have taken on some of the nurses' role, then somebody still needs to be doing all the things that HCAs were doing before. I said "auxiliaries" to make it clearer I was talking about the role as it was in the past, before any of the changes you were talking about.

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Ok, I see. Well, one example is at my local hospital HCAs used to serve breakfast but now catering staff do. Nurses used to take Obs now HCAs do.

SplashparkSummer · 06/09/2022 09:55

And nurses now prescribe meds where junior doctors would have done.

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