Editing question

[Brian]

Replying to
Kemper:
No, because a medication error is not the responsibility of the whole 
staff. It's the responsibility of the person dispensing the med.

Speaking as both an ex student nurse, and an ex member of the Royal 
College of Nursing Executive at a national level in the UK, I'd have to 
say that while giving medication IS primarily the responsibility of the 
person dispensing the medication, numerous enquiries and even court 
cases have established that the organisation and its management are 
responsible for developing and enforcing safe practices for dispensing 
of medications, so it is an over-simplification to say that it is ONLY 
the responsibility of the person dispensing the med.


Replying to
the debate about clinician or nurse...

If it is being written for members of the general pubic I'd use the term 
nurse.  That the term most people associate with those on the "care" 
side, whereas "clinician" tends to be interpreted as more specific 
clinical care, like doctors, in the minds of the general public.


Replying to
misses the good old days when cars were cars (not "vehicles") and nurses 
were nurses (not "clinicans" or "healthcare workers")
and
wishing that clear writing weren't such a rare commodity

DITTO - but it it wasn't so rare, you wouldn't need to edit it!


Replying to
The author is a nurse educator (meaning that she teaches nursing at a 
university).

That explains it.  Like most professional, most of my nurse tutors 
tended to talk in professional jargon, naturally assuming that we would 
have the same background understanding.  At least the one you are 
editing for has the sense to get someone to edit it into plain English.  
It is very difficult for somebody with a depth of knowledge on a subject 
to get out of that mindset enough to make it clear for someone without 
any of that background knowledge.

Brian