When a nurse is not a nurse

When a nurse is not a nurse!
In recent time we have come across a series of situation where we noticed that so called "nurses" are offering medical, as well as general nursing to the ignorant public.
These "nurses" have at times not more than some vague practical experience often only from observation from nurses, in care taking. These "nurses" are offered by various agencies as well as hospitals to take care of patients in Hospitals and private homes as "private nurse" or a sent to people’s houses to take care of sick people.

Since the word NURSE is not a protected term (only State Registered Nurse =SRN) these people give the impression to the public that they are trained nurses, and competent to do nursing.

We have also come across cases were foreigners on visit passes who do not have certificates of Nursing training from their home country, but do privat nursing They are not registered with the Nursing Board of Malaysia, but working in various institutes and privately as nurses.
The public is often in a situation where they are in urgent need of nursing assistance for their sick family member. They do not dare to ask if these persons are really trained and qualified. They are also not requesting to view the certificate of nursing registration by the Nursing Board of Malaysia.

One does not needs to have a vivid fantasy to imagine what can happen to a sick person, who is attended by such fake nurses who performs various medical nursing tasks without academically qualification or professional training and are lacking skill and knowledge of the task they are performing.

These persons even perform tasks which in developed countries are usually performed by medical doctors only, or specially qualified nurses such as setting of feeding tubes, urethral catheterization etc.

The public is most of the time relying on the words of the referring agency, which just uses the term "they are qualified" or they are "nurses with experience" insinuating that they have a formal training and qualification.

It will not be surprising if such cases will increase in the near future as the need for qualified nurses is constantly increasing, and the supply can not meet the demand.
Genuine qualified foreign nurses are in a predicament, as they will only get a visa if they have an employer. How to get an employer without registration and certification by the Nursing Board? How is the Nursing Board registering a nurse who can not submit her application for registration without a registered employer. How is the Mobile nursing agency getting registered if there are no legal provision for such a registration? A vicious cycle that is difficult to be solved.
The public in the mean time is at the mercy of such unscrupulous practices by fake "Nurses" which not only tarnish the name of the nursing profession, but place the patient in an unpredictable danger as nursing is a professional job which takes 3 years of training and many more years of experience.

No one would send his car to a carpenter for repair. But exactly this is what happens in cases of hiring an unprofessional person to nurse a sick family member.
We can only appeals to the public, to be on guards when hiring "private nurses", and ensure that they can show prove of their qualification.
"Better to be safe than sorry"!

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