Southampton runs a course to train majors nurse practitioner (like ENP) and they have some experience regarding using MNPs. Dev Mukherjee >>> [log in to unmask] 08/23/05 9:38 am >>> Is anyone having any success using senior nursing staff to see 'majors' patients (outside of pure cardiac cases) to back up our increasingly inexperienced medical staff. I seem to remember staff like this working in Leicester during the recovery period but is anyone else using them? Simon McCormick Rotherham General Hospital ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at the following email address: [log in to unmask] www.kentandmedway.nhs.uk This footnote also confirms that although this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses, it is strongly recommended that you carry out your own virus scan of this message and any attachments. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************