A mental health nurse will work in the world of psychiatry and sometimes psychology. This is why it is important for mental health nurses to have a good knowledge about human behavior. In other words, they need to have good knowledge of patients? lives and what they think about themselves. Apart from nursing related knowledge, mental health nurses will need to have good basic grasp of law. This is because they will often have to deal with people in authority such as police as well as prison officials. It is these reasons and more which makes this job different compared to many
other nursing related jobs.
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Aralık 19th, 2011 | Posted in Nursing | No Comments
An Enrolled Nurse looks after the sick, the injured and the disabled. The range of his/her duties include assisting patients who are unable to look after themselves, assessing/monitoring their conditions, carrying out medical and nursing treatments, and keeping records of such treatments. He/She also needs to evaluate the outcomes of the care and treatment rendered, and to educate the patients and their families about healthy living and conduct health programs available.
Entry Qualifications
To qualify as an Enrolled Nurse, you must go through formal training.
Institute of Technical Education (ITE) offers a 2-year National ITE Certificate in Nursing (NITEC in Nursing) course for GCE “N” and “O”-level science students. Upon graduation, you will be enrolled with the Singapore Nursing Board and obtain the license to practise as an Enrolled Nurse.
Scholarship
Singapore General Hospital offers scholarships to students taking the National ITE Certificate in Nursing course at ITE.
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Aralık 17th, 2011 | Posted in Nursing | 1 Comment
