What is a Registered Nurse?
Nurses work with old and young, adults and children with a range of health conditions. They use caring, counselling, managing, teaching and interpersonal skills to improve the quality of patients' lives. Work may be based in hospital wards, clinics or community settings and you may do shift work to provide 24-hour care.
What is the role of a Registered Nurse?
Types of duties may include:
- Performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results
- Administering medications
- Operating medical equipment
- Recording patients' symptoms
- Recording medical histories
- Assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.
- Some registered nurses pursue a specialization.
How to become a Registered Nurse
There are apprentisehips designed specifically for Secretaries in the medical setting. This includes training on working in the National Health Service, medical terminolgy, plus much more.
There are apprenticeships designed to train you to become a Registered Nurse;
Nursing associate Apprenticeship Level 5: Designed to bridge the gap between Healthcare Assistant and Registered Nurse
