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The Registers and Roll
Originally there were big books called "Registers". If nurses or midwives could prove that they had sufficient education and that they could be trusted to use their knowledge in the interests of their patients, they could have their names entered in one of the Registers. Members of the public and employing organisations could have higher expectations of health care providers whose names were listed in a Register. Persons whose names were entered in these books of educated and trusted clinicians were said to be “registered”.
Subsequently there was change to legislation to provide for regulation of assistants in nursing who provided nursing care but had less education than registered nurses. A separate book was used to record their names and it was titled the “Roll of Nurses”. Persons whose names were entered in the book were said to be “enrolled”. Titles have changed over the years and the title is now Enrolled Nurse.
The same principles apply today. The requirements for registration or enrolment are that the person be trustworthy and the person have sufficient education for the particular type of practice to be undertaken.
The Registers and Roll are no longer big books with handwritten entries. Now the information is stored in a computerised database.
There are three documents established by legislation and maintained in electronic form:
- The Register of Nurses
- The Register of Midwives
- The Roll of Nurses
About the Registers
About the Roll
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Suppression of Personal Information
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