Margaret, you might wish to consult with your hospital ethics committee on
the propriety of allowing this kind of influence to be exerted over the
unknowing and obviously uninformed staff. Formula has risks, ....and these
are well documented, ..therefore, allowing the vendors of this product full
access to the staff is akin to letting cigarette salesmen give lunches for
the nurses who care for dying lung CA patients.
Kathleen
At 12:48 PM 7/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Just needed to vent a bit....I work on a mother-baby unit and have been the
>LC here the past 9 yrs. I have tried to remove formula "stuff" from the
>nurses station etc, and I remove the formula from the gift bags (per our
>policy). I just walked by the classroom because I smelled food....well,
>wouldn't ya know, there is a inservice about Mead-j's new formula!!! I
>questioned some of the rn's, who must think I am crazy..."Hey- it's free
>food!" was the reply. I have tried over and over to explain the marketing
>techniques etc, but they just don't get it!!!! And, we all had to watch a
>video on integrity this morning! After I calmed down I was sitting at the
>nurse's station when the Ross rep comes up with a case of his product for a
>rn's friend, and of course the rn is thrilled.....don't ya'll ever feel
>like it's never gonna end? Ahh, feel a little better now that's off my
>chest. Thanks for listening!
>
>Margaret Sullivan
>hot Va. Beach, VA where I've only gotten to the beach 1 x this summer
>
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