Have anyone else heard of "basic care NURSES"?

MNRN2B05 · Oct 20, 2004

Do we just write a letter to the board of nursing in GA?? I agree I think that we should all unite and do something about this. I have gone through a lot of tears and money so far to get an RN degree. I don't think that it is fair or ethical to have a person with a 10th grade education taking care of people.

dannyp · Oct 20, 2004

I can support your reactions...in Europe we need 3 years to get our license to be a RN...I wouldn't like to have those "Atlanta -nurses" on my bed....

mamabear · Oct 20, 2004

If my sketchy memory serves me correctly, back in the late '70s or early '80s there was some type of program in the works, initiated/owned/operated, whatever, by MDs that was supposed to train people to perform bedside nursing care. It was medical, as opposed to nursing, in orientation, and was supposed to grind out "healthcare technicians" in less than a year, and for dirt cheap. :eek: :angryfire Fortunately, several instructors from my alma mater lobbied vigorously against it (thank you, Nancy, Hazel et al :saint: ) and it never came to fruition.

Hopefully, the B.O.N. has been made aware of this by now, and it will die a rapid, quiet death.

General E. Speaking, RN, RN · Oct 20, 2004

not to be rude, but what do physician's know about bedside nursing

mamabear · Oct 20, 2004

not to be rude, but what do physician's know about bedside nursing

Zip, zero, zilch and nada, for starters. :angryfire

DebP · Oct 20, 2004

I am outraged. I also own a fax and I'm not afraid to use it!!:wink2:

Ben Huddleston · Oct 20, 2004

there is a school in atlanta, ga that is putting out "basic care nurses" they advertise that they get all the skills of lpn in six months, with no core classes, no nclex, no regulation at all and all for the price of $6,600 ruffly. oh and guess what is it is taught by "docs". this makes me mad!!!!!!!:angryfire who do they think they are?:stone i am working hard for my lpn, not to mention the stressing over it:sniff: , these people are not doing any of that and are calling themselfs nurses!!!! have any of you heard of this and what do you think? are there any others out there?:uhoh21: :angryfire

i stopped smoking over ten years ago. i have not looked at a matchbook cover in years. now i know what they are printing on the covers.:chuckle

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Oct 20, 2004

not to be rude, but what do physician's know about bedside nursing

Actual nursing, very little. As an aide, possibly. A couple of our doctors started out as aides and orderlies during their first 4 years in college.

MultipurposeRN · Oct 20, 2004

Nursing skills? Taught by physicians, most of whom have no clue about bedside or nursing anyway? I pity the folks who blew their money on what sounds like a slightly enhanced CNA course, and think that they're the equivalent of an LPN. Sounds like alot of drs themselves need to take this class before they practice.

apaisRN, RN, CRNA · Oct 21, 2004

To me, this sounds like a glorified nursing assistant. If they are trained to be the eyes and ears of RN's then they can't be called "nurses" can they?:angryfire

I'm not going to trust the eyes and ears of anyone without LPN or RN after their name, and maybe not even then! I'm not staking my license on someone who's barely an aide. I have coworkers, RNs, who I might trust to be my eyes and ears, and others I wouldn't let care for my plants.

2151 · Oct 21, 2004

I Find It To Be Werid !!!! Hears A Question Then What Are Cna? Arent They Below Nures?here Is Another Kind Of Nurse? What Comes First This Or The Cna ?---danielle

RXCT · Oct 30, 2004

there is a school in atlanta, ga that is putting out "basic care nurses" they advertise that they get all the skills of lpn in six months, with no core classes, no nclex, no regulation at all and all for the price of $6,600 ruffly. oh and guess what is it is taught by "docs". this makes me mad!!!!!!!:angryfire who do they think they are?:stone i am working hard for my lpn, not to mention the stressing over it:sniff: , these people are not doing any of that and are calling themselfs nurses!!!! have any of you heard of this and what do you think? are there any others out there?:uhoh21: :angryfire

here in ct. only a rn can teach nursing of any form (lpn rn)not a physician....it's a different area of occupation..