Re: Career Opportunities for Holistic Nurses Originally Posted by CaliAlli I don't condemn medicine as a whole. I condemn those synthesized, unnatural medicines, which do physical harm to the patient in one way or another. Keep the baby and throw out the bath water.
I didn't mean for that last post of mine to sound degrading to any particular person, including nurses and what they do as a profession. It's just the way this country is run, I suppose, that makes me so upset (ex: pulling the wool over people's eyes, wolves running around in sheep's clothing). I just hate the way the pharmeceutical industry goes around hailing their drugs as the only way out...like there is no other alternative. There are so many narrow-minded professionals out there who are either ignorant or who just don't care. I know this simlple post of mine isn't going to move mountains for consumer education, but I just wish everyone would take responsibility for their own health and get themselves educated so that the power of choice could lie in their own hands (and them know that it does).
Also, I think my meaning of the word "disgusting" was taken in the wrong way. I didn't say nursing was disgusting (like, "eww, nursing is gross"). That's a rather juvenile statement. I said that a certain mindset disgusted me (as in it made me mad, not like I was literally sick to my stomach and about to vomit).
Thanks for reading and thanks for the opinions. I am happy others are interested enough to post.
You do not like "synthetic unatural medications". Because they all do some harm. Are you aware that many of the so called natural remedies also carry very real and dangerous risk for harm as well.
I usually tell people who insist that natural is automatically good, that hemlock is natural.
Every thing has the potential for harm. Simply because a medicine is synthetic does not make it more dangerous than one derived solely from nature. Digatalis is natural, are you aware of the deadly risk involved in unskilled use?
I could go on. I believe my friend that you are throwing out the baby with this.
I understand anger and frustration over the inflexibility of the medical model and I believe you are condeming the medical model as a whole.
You say they are pulling wool over the eyes of the consumer yet I believe the wool is in failing to understand that everything has its pace and value.
There are things that only the alopathic medical model CAN effectively treat. It is not perfect but I challenge you to name an alternative that is. As I said all modalities have thier place.
I agree prevention is best and taking responsibility for one's own health. I also know that that is not all there is to it and taking perfect care of one's self does not mean that one will never need treatment surgery or medicine that only allopathy can provide, or can provied most effacatiously.
In all things we must weigh risk against benefits, wether you are talking about a drug, surgery, chiropractic, accupuncture, herbs, etc etc. The all carry risk. Some times the risk is low and the benifit might be even lower.
I never took anything you said personally nor directed at nurses. I hope you don't take my remarks as an attack.
It is frustrating. I believe people need to be educated. There are those who do not wish to learn about alternatives. There are those who will never take personal responsibilty. This was a very very hard lesson for me to learn as a new nurse.
It is not all the doctors and pharmaceutical companies fault. There are many people who want a simple fix. Who don't want to know how or why it may or may not work, and who will do nothing to prevent the problem from ever arising in the first place. There are those who automatically place faith in the traditional "expert" of physician or phamacist.
perhaps you might consider a role as a public educator. Get your nursing degree and use your knowledge to teach people what they need to know about alternatives. I believe having documented knowledge (i.e. your RN) of both sides will give you more cedibility when you educate people about thier alternatives.
Otherwise to some you will just come on as another raving person who is anti modern medicine without any real knowledge of what modern medicine is really all about. There are far too many Tom Cruze out there.
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