[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Editing question

[Sherrie]

On Mar 31, 2010, at 6:28 PM, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> > Carol earlier:
> > Would "A fall, like a medication error, is the responsibility of
> > the whole staff, not just the clinician in charge of the
> > patient" work?
>
> > Potioncat:
> > I like your sentence.
> > If the article is for nurses, then I'd change clinician to nurse.

> Carol responds:
> Thanks, PC. I would change "clinician" to "nurse" except that the
> journal, whose title (ironically) is "Home Healthcare Nurse,"
> actually recommends doing the opposite (changing "nurse" to
> "clinician") on the grounds that the journal is read by "many types
> of home care providers," not just nurses. I have a feeling that when
> the journal was established, people weren't so worried about being
> all inclusive.
>
> Carol, misses the good old days when cars were cars
>(not "vehicles") and nurses were nurses (not "clinicans"
> or "healthcare workers")



Sorry to intrude but a nurse is not a clinican,  the use of the term
clinican will lead others to believe the nurse is a physician nurse
practitioner. Physician assistant. Or clinical specialist. All of
these hold Advance degrees such as MAsters or doctorates
S Carter


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