Mary, Thank you for your comment, I am in total
agreement with you. C Walter RN BS RCP


--- "Kendra, Mary" <mary.kendra@...> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>


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