tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452590323401882895.post5705530155807827049..comments2024-03-18T10:55:52.127-07:00Comments on Wink <br>and the world surprises you: Migrant Workers - Part 4Winking Dollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14045187430930181570noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452590323401882895.post-11644773421486437562013-02-09T16:13:25.785-08:002013-02-09T16:13:25.785-08:00Hi CK,
To add, see also "Nurses take on doct...Hi CK,<br /><br />To add, see also "Nurses take on doctors' tasks" -- by The Age, Australia.<br />http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/nurses-take-on-doctors-tasks-20130209-2e5oy.html<br /><br />That said, I want to state emphatically that even as it currently stands in Singapore (i.e. without any expansion of the current nursing scope), there is no way nursing is a "low-skilled" job. After all the potential consequences of nursing errors are huge, what low-skilled job would have such life/death consequence? <br /><br />Thus IMHO, the main problem is a misunderstanding of the nature of nursing; especially how it is portrayed in the mass media. Take for example, wiping shit off the patient's ass: it looks like just wiping asses to the untrained eyes, but we are evaluating the digestive system, skin condition, blood circulation, and nutritional status all at the same time. A simple broken skin in the perineum not well taken care of may lead to septicemia and potentially cause death. That is what makes nursing easily misunderstood -- we do things that may look ordinary (to untrained eyes), but the stuff we do may have extraordinary effects.<br /><br />Cheers, WD.Winking Dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045187430930181570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452590323401882895.post-91936236449735490402013-02-09T15:58:47.294-08:002013-02-09T15:58:47.294-08:00Hi CK,
Yes, the trend is going that direction, to...Hi CK,<br /><br />Yes, the trend is going that direction, to cut medical costs. The line between high-end nursing and specialists doctors may be blurring at specific tasks. It is like how LPN (Enrolled Nurse in Singapore) and RN (Registered Nurse) scopes overlap more and more eventually if the specific LPN has been trained to take on specific tasks.<br /><br />Cheers, WD.Winking Dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045187430930181570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452590323401882895.post-69732319768175611172013-02-09T15:37:32.993-08:002013-02-09T15:37:32.993-08:00Contrast that with this:
http://www.theage.com.au...Contrast that with this:<br /><br />http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/nurses-take-on-doctors-tasks-20130209-2e5oy.htmlCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317501061794562008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452590323401882895.post-39897248214303588682013-02-08T09:21:25.972-08:002013-02-08T09:21:25.972-08:00Hi CK,
Yes, my nursing friends and other healthca...Hi CK,<br /><br />Yes, my nursing friends and other healthcare professionals in Singapore were complaining about it. One even wrote a complaint on SPH's Facebook wall. <br />https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151443576510479<br /><br />I think this deserves another series of blog posts to explore this issue. Hope I will come around to this sometime. <br /><br />Cheers, WD.Winking Dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045187430930181570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452590323401882895.post-17755344046422899532013-02-07T21:12:35.731-08:002013-02-07T21:12:35.731-08:00Wrong post to write my comment, but do you know th...Wrong post to write my comment, but do you know that the White Paper on population classed nurses as lowly skilled? There is a screenshot on theonlinecitizen Facebook page.CKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317501061794562008noreply@blogger.com