Please also spare a thought for us OHNCs of many years ago. 14 I think it
was!
Lindsey Hall
National OH Manager
Environment Agency
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Leek" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: competency
> I agree but dont forget just because we have the Occ Health dipl that
dostnt
> make us perfect
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Beresford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 11 July 2003 13:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: competency
>
>
> Bob,
>
> It's all very well saying that "unqualified" ( in terms of the OH qual),
> with experience, can (and may I hasten to add) DO provide good services,
> but competency is not just something employers, seek but something we, as
> nurses have a duty to ourselves within the confines of our professional
> fitness to practice in the first place.
>
> What is the difference between having an appropriately qualified nurse in
a
> hospital with quals in say ITU, theatre, orthopaedics etc and in OH? I
don't
> know, in addition of any Health & Safety Advisers who do not have their
> competency in terms of quals gained. For a start, the HSE would be down on
> the employer with a ton of bricks for the employer not having access to
> competent advice and indeed previous writers have said the same.
>
> What we need is not a debate on whether one nurse is better than another,
> but standardisation amongst us ALL in what is acceptable or not, but we
> can't have it all ways.
>
>
> With kind regards,
>
> James
>
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