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Last updated 27th July 2005 by Bree
Basic Healing Skills for Journeymen Healers
A junior journeyman is the equivilent of an advanced skills nurse (an RN or PRN in the US). He/she practices without supervision for the most part, refering any cases beyond their knowledge and abilities to a senior journeyman or master. Always ask the patient persona's writer what happened and what they want to be wrong with their character. If someone doesn't want a broken leg, it's not nice to diagnose one. Treat it accordingly. Don't glob numbweed on injuries indiscriminately. Look into alternates to this policy in the Healer Hall site.
A senior journeyman is the equivilent of a doctor, but with slightly lesser skills and still learning the broad range of treatment. Most journeymen do not seriously pursue a speciality until they earn their senior journeyman's knots. They are authorized to treat almost any injury or illness, refering only the most difficult or dangerous to a Master. A senior journeyman is the lowest rank that will be posted on a "lone" assignment, such as being the only full-time healer for a Hold or another Hall. To be on the safe side, you can send a copy of any post with question as to duty boundaries to the Hallmaster for review. This is just so that there are no accidental postings sent to the list that are out of canon.
Apprentices are only on Infirmary duty when there are journeymen healers also on duty there, so if your journeyman is on duty at the same time an apprentice group is, he/she is responsible for supervising their activities.
All Journeymen live at Healer Hall, where they still attend refresher classes, teach apprentice classes, perform Infirmary duty, and other duties as needed. If a journeyman needs to leave the Hall for any length of time (such as needing to return home for a family emergency), he/she needs to notify the Hallmaster or Hallsecond. Junior Journeymen share a communal bathing room with the rest of the Hall. Senior journeymen have much larger living quarters, with private bathing rooms. Those journeymen with families can either reside in the Hall or opt for one of the cottages assigned to the Hall by the Hold. The cottages are limited, and are reserved for couples with two or more children only.
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A senior journeyman is the equivilent of a doctor, but with slightly lesser skills and still learning the broad range of treatment. Most journeymen do not seriously pursue a speciality until they earn their senior journeyman's knots. They are authorized to treat almost any injury or illness, refering only the most difficult or dangerous to a Master. A senior journeyman is the lowest rank that will be posted on a "lone" assignment, such as being the only full-time healer for a Hold or another Hall. To be on the safe side, you can send a copy of any post with question as to duty boundaries to the Hallmaster for review. This is just so that there are no accidental postings sent to the list that are out of canon.
Apprentices are only on Infirmary duty when there are journeymen healers also on duty there, so if your journeyman is on duty at the same time an apprentice group is, he/she is responsible for supervising their activities.
All Journeymen live at Healer Hall, where they still attend refresher classes, teach apprentice classes, perform Infirmary duty, and other duties as needed. If a journeyman needs to leave the Hall for any length of time (such as needing to return home for a family emergency), he/she needs to notify the Hallmaster or Hallsecond. Junior Journeymen share a communal bathing room with the rest of the Hall. Senior journeymen have much larger living quarters, with private bathing rooms. Those journeymen with families can either reside in the Hall or opt for one of the cottages assigned to the Hall by the Hold. The cottages are limited, and are reserved for couples with two or more children only.
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