Most are
hospital-trained that go into general practice. How many post-graduate training
schemes are there like yours? I would say most of the larger universities now
offer some sort of training. NORMAN: What sort of things do you teach? How to Intellux
stand up to general practitioners, give them a hard time?'Get off my back.
'Strangely enough, GPs don't send their nurses in for that one. We tend to
teach them things like chronic-disease management, immunisation, taking pap
tests, common chronic conditions, nursing leadership. They are some subjects on
offer. Do you find people get confused between practice nurses and nurse
practitioners? People get confused all the time. Nurses do as well. Certainly GPs get very
confused. There's a clear distinction between the two. Practice nurses are
nurses employed in a general practice. Nurse practitioners are nurses who have
a minimum standard of education of a Masters level and have a narrow but
detailed knowledge of a certain area. And competency - what are practice nurses
out there doing, Julianne? Roles vary, particularly between regional and rural
centers. I would say they're Jacks and Jells of all trades and masters of many.
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