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<blockquote data-quote="catherinecherub" data-source="post: 130714"><p>Dumb. Lacking the power of human speech or an offensive term for stupid.</p><p></p><p>Nurses do their training, a long hard slog, with little remuneration even though they are expected to perform on wards during their training. They are supposed to be there in their student days as observers but are used as an extra pair of hands because there is usually a shortage of skilled nurses.</p><p></p><p>When the training is finished then the real learning begins. It is like passing a driving test. Once you have passed then you learn how to drive. You become as good a nurse as your ongoing training, appraisals and skills allow. Practical skills are part of the assessment. Blame the educators rather than the nurses but also ask yourself who appraises the educators.</p><p>Because you consider yourself better educated than nurses does not mean that your opinions are the right ones and I feel sad that it seems acceptable to call nurses dumb. A lot depends on your attitude when you encounter your diabetes nurse and I have noticed that some people accept what their nurse says at the time and then come onto the forum and bleat about how ridiculous was the advice. Why not address the problem at the time it occurs in a reasonable and polite way. Calling people names because they do not conform to your way of thinking is hardly the way forward. Some of the nurses that some of us see do not have any qualifications as a diabetes specialist but are standing in because the job is still being advertised or because the practice does not have enough funding to employ one at this time. These nurses are doing the best they can. </p><p>Until those at the top accept that some of the methods for managing diabetes are outdated then please do not blame the nurses. There are repercussions for nurses who decide that they know best and go against the rest of their team. They have to argue the point and take it further in the vain hope that things will change, an impossible task that gets them labelled.</p><p>Until the establishment wakes up there will not be a way forward. There is no right way to manage diabetes, only the way that works for you and that is what we should all be aiming for. We need to be aware that it is all trial and error and being offensive to other people does nothing to endear the diabetes professionals to us. Be assured that some of them read this forum.</p><p>We all know of excellent, good, bad and indifferent people in all professions. That is our opinion and someone else may see things totally differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catherinecherub, post: 130714"] Dumb. Lacking the power of human speech or an offensive term for stupid. Nurses do their training, a long hard slog, with little remuneration even though they are expected to perform on wards during their training. They are supposed to be there in their student days as observers but are used as an extra pair of hands because there is usually a shortage of skilled nurses. When the training is finished then the real learning begins. It is like passing a driving test. Once you have passed then you learn how to drive. You become as good a nurse as your ongoing training, appraisals and skills allow. Practical skills are part of the assessment. Blame the educators rather than the nurses but also ask yourself who appraises the educators. Because you consider yourself better educated than nurses does not mean that your opinions are the right ones and I feel sad that it seems acceptable to call nurses dumb. A lot depends on your attitude when you encounter your diabetes nurse and I have noticed that some people accept what their nurse says at the time and then come onto the forum and bleat about how ridiculous was the advice. Why not address the problem at the time it occurs in a reasonable and polite way. Calling people names because they do not conform to your way of thinking is hardly the way forward. Some of the nurses that some of us see do not have any qualifications as a diabetes specialist but are standing in because the job is still being advertised or because the practice does not have enough funding to employ one at this time. These nurses are doing the best they can. Until those at the top accept that some of the methods for managing diabetes are outdated then please do not blame the nurses. There are repercussions for nurses who decide that they know best and go against the rest of their team. They have to argue the point and take it further in the vain hope that things will change, an impossible task that gets them labelled. Until the establishment wakes up there will not be a way forward. There is no right way to manage diabetes, only the way that works for you and that is what we should all be aiming for. We need to be aware that it is all trial and error and being offensive to other people does nothing to endear the diabetes professionals to us. Be assured that some of them read this forum. We all know of excellent, good, bad and indifferent people in all professions. That is our opinion and someone else may see things totally differently. [/QUOTE]
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