Folks,

Let's remember that nurses tend to be their own worst enemy. Ripping each
other apart is counter-productive.

NurseBob was open enough to put his work out in the open for perusal and
comment. If you don't think it's necessary (Jeffrey) then comment off-list to
that effect. You wanted him to contact you off-list after you slammed his work
and even his nerve for doing this. That's unfair.

Come on. Nurses who put energy into things should be supported. They deserve
honest objective feedback, which, if you're fed up with "...document[s] when
its been written about to death and you can find well done passages in just
about every medical text book from EMT-Basic to med. school texts...," I doubt
you're able to do.

As for other texts covering the same topics, they may not do it from a nursing
perspective. EMT-thinking is different from RN thinking, because the focus of
care is totally different. EMTs need to stabilize and do things that are
necessary to save lives/limbs in the short-run, but harmful if done for longer
than the short-term. RNs who were EMTs first and don't change their way of
thinking to that of an RN are obvious to RNs who work with them and although
they work off of an RN license, it's still EMT mentality (not meant as a slam,
just an observation). So there may be things NurseBob has to offer.

Don't think it's necessary? Don't read it. Comment on the availability
elsewhere but don't waste your time reading something you are biased against
from the beginning and don't feel it's necessary to shoot down someone else's
efforts.

However, I commend nurses who are committed to sharing info with their
colleagues and NurseBob's site is a great one I cite to RN students and
neophyte ICU nurses, alike.

Mary Kendra PhD RN CCRN