I trained as a State Enrolled Nurse in the 1970s and I am still proud to say I still am! Never wanted to do the conversion course, who wants to do the off duty!
I was an Enrolled Nurse for 10 years before going on to do my degree, In that time I saw a shift in attitude towards us. After a while we were called Second Level nurses and much of the role was dumbed down as we were prevented from doing some key skills - which we were more than capable of doing. It was the same with development as being told that you could not 'because you are only an Enrolled Nurse' became a common thing that was said. The career opportunities mentioned in this clip by the early 1980s had dried up with EN's being confined to hospital wards. I was glad when the EN grade was phased out and we all did the same training and had the same opportunities. History is now turning full circle with the introduction of Nurse Associates. Lets hope that they were not used and abused like the old ENs were.
I am an LPN from the U.S. I have a question. Why did the UK get rid of their enrolled nurses both the US and Canada have practical nurses and the Australians still have the enrolled nurse which they got from the British. Doesn't that cause shortage of nurses in the UK. I would think you would keep the enrolled nurse and maybe just expand their scope of practice in order to be more of a help to the registered nurse. Does the nursing associate have the same duties as the enrolled nurse use to or is it a poor substitute? If it ain't broke don't fix it, I say.
I trained as a State Enrolled Nurse in the 1970s and I am still proud to say I still am! Never wanted to do the conversion course, who wants to do the off duty!
I wanted to become an Enrolled Nurse myself 25 years ago only to find out they stopped training the SEN
@@davinamotd Me too
I was an Enrolled Nurse for 10 years before going on to do my degree, In that time I saw a shift in attitude towards us. After a while we were called Second Level nurses and much of the role was dumbed down as we were prevented from doing some key skills - which we were more than capable of doing. It was the same with development as being told that you could not 'because you are only an Enrolled Nurse' became a common thing that was said. The career opportunities mentioned in this clip by the early 1980s had dried up with EN's being confined to hospital wards. I was glad when the EN grade was phased out and we all did the same training and had the same opportunities. History is now turning full circle with the introduction of Nurse Associates. Lets hope that they were not used and abused like the old ENs were.
I am an LPN from the U.S. I have a question. Why did the UK get rid of their enrolled nurses both the US and Canada have practical nurses and the Australians still have the enrolled nurse which they got from the British. Doesn't that cause shortage of nurses in the UK. I would think you would keep the enrolled nurse and maybe just expand their scope of practice in order to be more of a help to the registered nurse. Does the nursing associate have the same duties as the enrolled nurse use to or is it a poor substitute? If it ain't broke don't fix it, I say.
The two presenters where David Jacobs and Val Singleton
am i right in saying that the state enrolled nurse is the equivalent of a healthcare assistant now adays?
Yes it is
No health assistant has no training. Enrolled Nurse has two years skills based.