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Liaison overdue
Letters to the editor
Liaison overdue Recognition carries responsibility to act, not just react. Most of the issues at the 26th Congress were joined by the common thread of politics. Politics, incidentally, is defined as the manipulation of power. All of our concernsentry into practice, the first assistant, HEW regulations, and continuing education and its attendant credentialing problems-will be resolved in political maneuverings at the state and national levels. The appointment of a liaison in Washington, DC, to carry our views and monitor health care actions in the bureausand agencies, as well as in Congress, is long overdue. But make no mistake, this individual will become our lobbyist as we find it necessary to have our views stated, restated, and stated again. The days of quietly writing and asking our views be considered must be left behind. We are looked to as a leader among nursing organizations, and with that recognition is power. We should use that power to act soon, before our only option is a reaction to changed regulations, multiple levels of entry, 50 different sets of CE requirements, and anyone being allowed to be first assistant. We have momentum now. It must be sustained and used to advantage so it can benefit all nursing and, even more importantly, the surgical patient. Shirley Humphries, RN OR instructor The Methodist Hospital Houston
Jazz acceptable for OR music I feel I must take issue with one specific point that Doris MacClelland makes in the article in the February AORN Journal on music in the operating room. I cannot accept the opinion that jazz would be totally unacceptable as a music form to use to relax patients. I have been a jazz fan since childhood and have always found it to be a music art form that is extremely relaxing. Jazz comes in all types, from the most relaxed, subdued type of jazz to the extremely hard driving music common to the big bands of today. We frequently use music for the physicians in our own operating room here at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. Whenever I am in a room, I always request that a local Denver station, KADX, be put on the air because it is all jazz and relaxes me while I am performing surgery. I am sure MacClellanddid her homework in researching this topic, but I feel as though she has done a disservice to jazz lovers everywhere. Thank you anyway for an extremely interesting and important article. Bertram Goldberg, MD Lt Colonel, MC Orthopedic Service Fitzsimons Army Medical Center Denver
The AORN Journal welcomes letters from its readers on subjects of interest to OR nurses. Letters should be typed and should include the writer's name, full title, and address. The Journal reserves the right to edit all letters.
AORN Journal, June 1979, Vol29, No 7
1267
Liaison overdue Recognition carries responsibility to act, not just react. Most of the issues at the 26th Congress were joined by the common thread of politics. Politics, incidentally, is defined as the manipulation of power. All of our concernsentry into practice, the first assistant, HEW regulations, and continuing education and its attendant credentialing problems-will be resolved in political maneuverings at the state and national levels. The appointment of a liaison in Washington, DC, to carry our views and monitor health care actions in the bureausand agencies, as well as in Congress, is long overdue. But make no mistake, this individual will become our lobbyist as we find it necessary to have our views stated, restated, and stated again. The days of quietly writing and asking our views be considered must be left behind. We are looked to as a leader among nursing organizations, and with that recognition is power. We should use that power to act soon, before our only option is a reaction to changed regulations, multiple levels of entry, 50 different sets of CE requirements, and anyone being allowed to be first assistant. We have momentum now. It must be sustained and used to advantage so it can benefit all nursing and, even more importantly, the surgical patient. Shirley Humphries, RN OR instructor The Methodist Hospital Houston
Jazz acceptable for OR music I feel I must take issue with one specific point that Doris MacClelland makes in the article in the February AORN Journal on music in the operating room. I cannot accept the opinion that jazz would be totally unacceptable as a music form to use to relax patients. I have been a jazz fan since childhood and have always found it to be a music art form that is extremely relaxing. Jazz comes in all types, from the most relaxed, subdued type of jazz to the extremely hard driving music common to the big bands of today. We frequently use music for the physicians in our own operating room here at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. Whenever I am in a room, I always request that a local Denver station, KADX, be put on the air because it is all jazz and relaxes me while I am performing surgery. I am sure MacClellanddid her homework in researching this topic, but I feel as though she has done a disservice to jazz lovers everywhere. Thank you anyway for an extremely interesting and important article. Bertram Goldberg, MD Lt Colonel, MC Orthopedic Service Fitzsimons Army Medical Center Denver
The AORN Journal welcomes letters from its readers on subjects of interest to OR nurses. Letters should be typed and should include the writer's name, full title, and address. The Journal reserves the right to edit all letters.
AORN Journal, June 1979, Vol29, No 7
1267