tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516838984781766665.post3483030502557509142..comments2024-03-08T10:58:10.958-05:00Comments on INQRI Blog: Perspectives: The Answer Is With Nurses, Leapfrog CEO SaysINQRI Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672756518369446049noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6516838984781766665.post-36785766048560846992009-12-17T17:01:56.683-05:002009-12-17T17:01:56.683-05:00As a nurse, nurse practitioner and nursing educato...As a nurse, nurse practitioner and nursing educator for 25 years I think the reasons nurses don't take on their professional responsibility to protect their patients is due to a long term history of patriarchy and feminine oppression. Nurses not speaking up in the interests of patients and protecting doctors and administrators and not patients is as old as nursing and will go on until nurses accept they are a profession and not second class citizens and they take on their much needed role of fearless patient advocates. <br /><br />Lynn R. Parker, Author<br />What Did the Doctor Just Say?<br />http://tinyurl.com/yd65l7dRegistered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare Consultant & Patient Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995724703945733723noreply@blogger.com