[gwenith]

What needs to be pointed out to the author and the AJN that this is the internet. Although all the moderators here are nurses and have to submit evidence of registration/enrollment/licencing that is not true for the members. Nor do we WANT to vet every single member because that would not only be a nightmare for us but it would preclude our many pre-nursing students that contibute so valuably to this forum.

[steelcityrn]

I read this yesterday in my AJN. Even though those who were quoted claim they were just joking around, they crossed the line. Open mouth and incert foot! If you TRUELY are a nurse, your emphesis would always be on caring for people!

[NRSKarenRN]

Often when i do google search on topics looking for clinical articles, allnurses posts are at top of search feature. Members need to be mindful of that when posting as what's in black 'n white believed to be a "true statement".

[fergus51]

I'm always getting in trouble for putting my foot in my mouth, but come on! Rather than talk about nurses who actually participate in this and leave it at that, this woman complains that people made some off color satirical comments on an internet bb? Nice to know some people have nothing better to do than troll around looking for posts they can twist to try to prove their arguments... I'd tell her to get a life and she can quote me on that if she likes,
signed,
fergus51
happily posting without worrying about the pc police.....

[unknown99]

Originally Posted by fergus51

I'm always getting in trouble for putting my foot in my mouth, but come on! Rather than talk about nurses who actually participate in this and leave it at that, this woman complains that people made some off color satirical comments on an internet bb? Nice to know some people have nothing better to do than troll around looking for posts they can twist to try to prove their arguments... I'd tell her to get a life and she can quote me on that if she likes,
signed,
fergus51
happily posting without worrying about the pc police.....

You said what I was thinking Fergus!!!

[BRANDY LPN]

Originally Posted by fergus51

I'm always getting in trouble for putting my foot in my mouth, but come on! Rather than talk about nurses who actually participate in this and leave it at that, this woman complains that people made some off color satirical comments on an internet bb? Nice to know some people have nothing better to do than troll around looking for posts they can twist to try to prove their arguments... I'd tell her to get a life and she can quote me on that if she likes,
signed,
fergus51
happily posting without worrying about the pc police.....

Yeah that. Excellent post Fergus.

[Mommy2Katiebaby]

I haven't said anything in any of my posts that I wouldn't say anywhere else - to an AJN interviewer, for that matter. But I do think that for AJN to appropriate a discussion off of an informal Internet forum is bad journalism at best and outright fraud at worst., especially since it's obvious that the journal edited the thread content to suit itself. I don't currently subscribe to AJN, but you can bet I'll never do so again, either.

[begalli]

Originally Posted by NRSKarenRN

Often when i do google search on topics looking for clinical articles, allnurses posts are at top of search feature. Members need to be mindful of that when posting as what's in black 'n white believed to be a "true statement".

This is SO true. Allnurses shows up at the top when I search for nursing info just as frequently as ebay does when I go shopping for something using a search. Ebay's audience is billions of viewers . Allnurses, I'm sure, is right up there as well.

I used to visit this board a few years ago. I have to say that at that time I used to cringe when I read some of the stuff that appeared in posts here. It's different now with a tweaked TOS, the moderators, and the premier memberships available only by paying. I personally think that this website is much more respectful and representative of the profession of nursing.

Kudos to Allnurses for making this an excellent resourse! I don't think there is anything else like it out there. I lurked here for a long long time before actually becoming a member of the community. We need to remember that we represent nurses everywhere. To those who are not "insiders" it may appear that what we post is the truth.

I frequent another message board much like this one with a huge world-wide audience. I have become friends with a local journalist who actually goes to those boards each morning to gauge the temperature, if you will, of the locals on a specific issue before he writes his story for the day. Once I found this out (he contacted me directly), I started to really think about what I post on that message board. It's incredible that something I might say could influence a story that reaches millions. That's exactly what Allnurses is like too. I'm not surprised by the AJN article at all (but I have to admit that I haven't read it yet).

[Nurse Ratched]

Originally Posted by KPrice

I haven't said anything in any of my posts that I wouldn't say anywhere else - to an AJN interviewer, for that matter. But I do think that for AJN to appropriate a discussion off of an informal Internet forum is bad journalism at best and outright fraud at worst., especially since it's obvious that the journal edited the thread content to suit itself. I don't currently subscribe to AJN, but you can bet I'll never do so again, either.

(Even tho I'm the one who closed the thread in question lol.)

[RN4NICU]

Originally Posted by fergus51

I'm always getting in trouble for putting my foot in my mouth, but come on! Rather than talk about nurses who actually participate in this and leave it at that, this woman complains that people made some off color satirical comments on an internet bb? Nice to know some people have nothing better to do than troll around looking for posts they can twist to try to prove their arguments... I'd tell her to get a life and she can quote me on that if she likes,
signed,
fergus51
happily posting without worrying about the pc police.....

Right on fergus!

She can even add my quote - PLEASE do not believe everything you read on the internet!

I can understand having to explain that to a lay person, but a nursing professional should really know better. She should realize that a poster on an internet bulletin board may or may not even be a nurse. I wonder if she trolls around on bb's for medical advice to give to her patients as well?

AJN - please show better judgement in the future. This was a sad representation of what is supposed to be a professional, peer-reviewed journal. The fact that AJN is the official publication of the ANA makes this err in journalistic judgement even worse, IMO.