on 12/5/04 9:58 pm, Christine Hamlet at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Can anybody clarify what recognition this course gets on job applications
> as regards qualifications? When I completed the course in 2002 the ENB had
> ceased to exist and I was awarded a University Diploma (72 credits at Level
> 2) in Occupational Health Nursing. I am confused when completing
> application forms as to exactly what it stands for and how much does the
> prospective employer know about the course content?
> Any views or advice would be most welcome.
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The ENB N61 course does not give specialist practitioner status as only
degree programmes (taught at level 3) were validated by the National Boards
to confer this recognition. People who studied the qualifications OHNC and
DOHN qualifications, the precursors of the above degrees, are also
considered to be specialist practitioners - the the specialist practitioner
degrees were only validated by the ENB et al from the 1990's)
The ENB N61 was intended to be an introduction to occupational health
nursing and in many institutions it gave level 2 access into these level 3
specialist practitioner programmes eg BSc (Hons) Occupational Health
Nursing.
Readers may be aware that the NMC are currently reviewing the Nursing and
Midwifery Register and there will be a third part of the register for public
health nurses. Direct entry to that part is not envisaged, ie practitioners
will already have to be registered as a nurse. the only practitioners who
will have the automatic right to register on that part of the register are
health visitors. However, it is possible that OHNs who hold a specialist
qualification in occupational health nursing studied at degree level (or for
people like myself who studied the OHNC or DOHN) may in the future have the
opportunity register on part 3 of the register. If this occurs there may be
long term implications for people who wish to work as OH nurses who do not
hold a specialist practitioner qualification in OH nursing validated by
either the NMC or one of the now "extinct" National Boards".
I hope this assists.
Anne Harriss
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