Nurses General Nursing
Published Apr 22, 2001
Sue D
22 Posts
Perhaps all you US nurses can help me? Despite being familiar with the terms intern, attending and resident from such shows as ER I have no idea what the exact UK equivalents are. For the record here is the UK grading system
Consultant: THe only difference between God and a consultant is that God dosen't think he's a consultant. In overall charge of a given case.
Registrar: The poor unfortunate who actually does the work. Also known for heavy ass-kissing activity.
Senior House Officer:Lethal
House Officer: 007 licensed to kill
Janet Barclay
90 Posts
I like your definitions!
Attending= fully qualified Doc
Resident=doing postgraduate speciality (years1-whatever)
Intern=doing a series of rotations usually one or two years post grad
Student intern= too dumb to know which end of the stethescope goes in his ears
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Thank you for answering. It just goes to show that a rose by any other name.........