Your rant is pretty much what I'd say about 'modern matrons' - they'll spend all their time in meetings and talk about "extending the nurses role". There are quite a few nurses who are quitting their registrations to work as HCA's because the job that HCAs have taken on is that of 'proper' nursing. 'Proper' nursing being the nursing of people, rather than the management/administrative role thet they seem to have taken on these days.