Dawn previously warned that currently “almost anyone could use the title, adding, “It is important that we truly respect the experience and expertise of a registered nurse.”
Speaking in commons, she explained the amendment was about the “safety and protection of patients and the public.
“It is quite shocking to understand that anybody can call themselves a nurse, whether they have any qualifications… or whether they have no qualifications at all, they can actually call themselves a nurse.
“And as we know, when somebody calls themselves a nurse, it gives them a certain standing in society automatically think they know what they’re doing.”
She highlighted examples of “tragic and devastating consequences” when people misused the title.
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