In a message dated 95-10-21 21:58:05 EDT, Mary Renard writes

>  So,
>for example, a postpartum nurse who gradually became the "breastfeeding
>expert" and decided to set up a pump rental business, teach classes, etc.
>would make me pretty comfortable - if I were the one reading her
application.

Remember that not all postpartum nurses are women!!  This comment reallt hit
home as this is my case.  I am a mother/baby nurse who has become the
"breastfeeding expert" for our hosptial, and I plan to sit the exam when I
have legitimately met all the requirements.  Although I have grown more
tolerant of being excluded in most discussions about nurses, in particular my
specialty, where pronouns are used, I do feel the need to voice my response.
 Unfortunately, the English language does  not provide a neuter pronoun, but
I urge you to adopt one of the mechanisms to overcome it (he/she, s/he, he or
she, they, etc.).


Thank you!

Jeffrey S. Fouche, RN, BSN
Assistant Director of Maternal/Child Services
Breastfeeding Educator
Barrow Medical Center
Winder, GA
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Thank you