Editing question

justcarol67 justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 31 23:28:21 UTC 2010


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")






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