I work as a nursery nurse in a nursery class. I am NNEB-qualified as well as holding the Certificate in Post-Qualifying Studies. If the teacher in charge of the nursery class is absent we have a qualified teacher in to cover - albeit with no nursery training or experience - while if either myself or my NNEB colleague are absent the class has to manage without a replacement for a few days.
I work as a nursery nurse in a nursery class. I am NNEB-qualified as well as holding the Certificate in Post-Qualifying Studies.
If the teacher in charge of the nursery class is absent we have a qualified teacher in to cover - albeit with no nursery training or experience - while if either myself or my NNEB colleague are absent the class has to manage without a replacement for a few days.
I understand that if both of us nursery nurses were to be absent the teacher would need another member of staff with them in order to open the nursery, yet this member of staff does not need to be qualified. I find this extremely insulting to my professionalism, and is therefore once more 'dumbing down' and denigrating the role of the nursery nurse.
Margaret Bamford, Manchester
