wembley1

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1. Role of Nurse Practitioners

   wembley1 replied to nyapa's topic in International

   I agree, the role of NP's is a good thing for Australia. I think what is good to see is that education of NP's has properly being looked at, i.e., minimum of post grad diploma or masters in NP, with similar course content to the USA NP's. Gladly it i...

2. Physician assistants

   wembley1 replied to wembley1's topic in International

   I agree that NP's need to be regulated. I suggest the UK has a good look at Australia, NP's are gradually being introduced, despite reluctance of doctors, and minimun standards are a postgraduate diploma or masters of nurse practitioner. The course c...

3. Role of Nurse Practitioners

   wembley1 replied to nyapa's topic in International

   The AMA is a political group, aim is to protect their members, they don't care about patients, never have and never will. They are scared that there mighty wages will go down if NP's become widespread. It is good to finally see Australia recognise NP...

4. Physician assistants

   wembley1 replied to wembley1's topic in International

   I agree, PA's have to prescribe under physician supervision, whereas NP's can prescribe independently. As has been shown in the USA, most jobs advertise for either a PA or NP. What irritates me about the UK is that they are advertising the PA course ...

5. Anyone working for an agency?

   wembley1 replied to MaryAnn_RN's topic in International

   I am now overseas, did a fair bit of agency in A&E and ICU throughout London until 2 years ago, I like many others left when the NHS brought in the absurd LAP3 project, just a way to reduce agency pay rates. Rates of pay went from approx 20 p/h t...

6. Physician assistants

   wembley1 posted a topic in International

   Hi guys, Just seen some jobs advertised for physician assistants (PA's) paying 40k in the Midlands. What do you guys think of PA's, has anyone worked with PA's here in the UK? Think that it is a bit insulting that PA's are payed 40K plus whilst NP's ...

7. UK pay scales

   wembley1 replied to finks's topic in International

   Interesting on how you work out your banding and applicable banding for nurses. I myself have spent a few years in the UK, worked agency in London. Coming from Australia, generally an RN from the UK coming to Australia will be assessed based on their...

8. Nurse practitioners overlooked???

   wembley1 posted a topic in International

   Hi, Just be interested to hear what you guys think about the UK using physician assistants, PA's. Training courses at 3 universities, including the university of birmingham are being developed for PA's. These PA's will be able to work under Dr's and ...

9. Medical Care Practitioner

   wembley1 replied to jjjez's topic in International

   medical care practitioners are in line with the use of physician assistants in the usa.In some ways i see the introduction of MCP's as a waste of time,as from the job role they will perform in the uk,it is very similar to what a nurse practitioner al...

10. Agency ban

    wembley1 replied to ClaireMacl's topic in International

    i myself work as an agency specialist rn in a&e throughout london and have noticed a decline in the amount of agency work,especially for november,when you expect work to pick up.also with the a4c,agency pay rates have dropped dramatically,i.e.,su...