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Army Medical Services School of Nursing
Can anyone address what the different colours represent?
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British Army medical badges
The green enamel signifies SEN (State Enrolled Nurse)
- someone who has trained for two years. The blue enamel signifies SRN (State Registered Nurse) - someone who has trained for three years. The SEN & SRN qualifications ended in the 1990s or 2000s when a different system of qualifications was adopted and the traditional nurse training schools (including military hospital training schools) were closed. Student nurses since have qualified with a university degree whilst attached to a training hospital. Not all nurses train for a degree and RN (Registered Nurse) status but can qualify as Health Care Assistants and work to gain experience prior to applying for a university course, if so desired and holding the pre-requisite qualifications for RN training. George |
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State Registered Nurse - Could be in charge and was 'registered' to hold and dispense "controlled drugs". State Enrolled Nurse - Best described as a "practical" nurse , qualified to carry out the majority of nursing duties but not 'registered' so officially a lower grade. Nursing Auxiliary - Untrained (but often very experienced) assistant who did a lot of the basic duties (cleaning/bed making) etc , they did a lot of the 'duties' that (wrongly) weren't seen/classed as real nursing. Personally I think that "Project 2000" was the start of the decline in Nursing numbers in the UK as a lot of people who would have previously been happy to work in the NHS were put off by the thought of doing a University degree (whether due to financial/social/educational reasons). Project 2000 .
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Wow! Thanks for the great informational feedback
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