Nursing is a profession within the healthcare sector
centred on the caring of individuals, families, and communities, to enable them
attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.
Nurses may be differentiated from other health care
providers by their approach to patient care, training, and scope of practice.
Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas, with a different scope
of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care
within the ordering scope of physicians, and this traditional role has come to
shape the historic public image of nurses as care providers. However, nurses
are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice independently in a variety of
settings, depending on training level.
Nearly 400,000 nurses in the United Kingdom work for
the National Health Services (NHS). To practice, all nurses must be registered
with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The core function of the NMC is to establish and
improve standards of nursing and midwifery care in order to serve and protect
the public. Some of the key duties of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
include: registering all nurses and midwives and ensure that they are properly
qualified and competent to work in the UK; sets standards of training and
conduct; establishes the standards for pre-registration nursing education;
ensures that those in the profession keep their skills up to date; provides a framework
to protect practicing nurses and midwives.
If you are a
nurse or midwife, London offers a great opportunity for you to exercise your
profession in a highly rewarding manner. You can choose to work as a nurse in
the national health service (NHS); practice in one of the many private
hospitals and clinics in the city; offer your precious services in a caring
home or take up a special contract to carry out a variety of caring activities.
Whatever your preferred nursing job, you are bound to find it in London. It
would be right to assert that London has the highest number of practicing
nurses in the UK; and you can become part of the professional and caring team
of London’s nurses. Remember that to
take up a nursing job in London and the UK in a legitimate manner, you need to
hold valid registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The title "registered nurse" can only be granted to those holding
such registration; as laid down in the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act
1997. Wish you the best in finding a nursing job in London.
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