What other nursing forums are there?

Many of the professional nursing organizations have forums, but I haven't spent a lot of time on those and have not found them to be less restrictive. Most of those forums are frequented by people who are sharing professional information with each other with little indepth discussion or debate -- useful, but more boring than allnurses.

I have mixed feelings about the restrictions here. I've been involved in online discussion groups (not always nursing) since the mid-1990's and have been involved in all types of discussions. Some have been so contentious and full of flames that it prevents meaningful dialog. For that reason, I willingly censor myself here so that I can participate as an active member of allnurses. I understand that many nurses are not used to the total free-for-all debates that occur within other groups -- and if I want to be an effective communicator within nursing, I have to live within the commonly held nursing cultural standards for communication. It's the necessary price of being successful. The same is true in my job: I can't go around offending people if I want them to welcome me and my ideas.

However ... I do sometimes find myself a little constrained here and sometimes wish I could write as freely as do in some other forums. So, I think I understand what you mean.

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This is the Allnurses board. It's not really appropriate to ask members this question is it?