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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor 108 Journal of Neuroscience Nursing Michelle Hill Thank you for the editorial regarding whether dogs I have a small black dog, so thinking all small are cute. First, I agree dogs are cute, and I commend black dogs are cuter than all gray dogs regardless of you for encouraging nursing to use critical thinking the variables listed previously shows my bias and does when determining why. We all have different opin- not follow the protocol for determining whether a dog ions, reasons, and biases that are pulled into every de- is cute. Is this bad? What if I have a grandmother who cision subconsciously, making us human. In the last died of Parkinson disease and I am caring for a patient 10 years, I have witnessed a shift in healthcare from with Parkinson disease? Should I follow a protocol if critical thinking to protocols and algorithms. Every the protocol does not help the patient or follow my per- process must be standard to ensure the same thinking sonal experience? Should I give the Parkinson disease and quality for every patient interaction or scenario. medications on the hospital schedule or the patient's Although this serves to improve quality, we have also schedule? managed to remove nursing critical thinking and hu- Nursing care is essential; neuroscience nursing man component. care focuses on the ability of the nurse to differen- So using your example, “Dogs are Cute,” starts the tiate subtle changes and rely on education rather than process map with decision points along the way tell- technology. In neuroscience nursing, protocols and ing the nurse how to proceed related to the dog's color, algorithms may remove the critical thinking needed age, and health; how quickly they wag their tail; and at the bedside. Neuroscience nurses are with the pa- so on. In the end, you have decided which dog is cute tient every minute of the day; now more than ever, and why. The protocol may make it easy to determine maintaining the ability and confidence to think criti- why dogs are cute; however, we have removed the cally is essential! critical thinking of the neuroscience nurse. We have ensured the patient receives the same care regardless Reference of the care provider, but we have removed the diver- 1. Olson DM, Oney A. Dogs are cute. J Neurosci Nurs. 2022; sity present in humans. 54(1):1. Questions or comments about this article may be directed to Michelle Hill, MS, RN, AGCNS-BC, CNRN, SCRN, at Michelle. Hill@ohiohealth.com. M.H. is a Stroke Coordinator, OhioHealth- Riverside, Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH. The author declares no conflicts of interest. Copyright © 2022 American Association of Neuroscience Nurses https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000649 Copyright © 2022 American Association of Neuroscience Nurses. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neuroscience Nursing Wolters Kluwer Health

Letter to the Editor

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing , Volume 54 (3) – Jun 2, 2022

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Wolters Kluwer Health
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Copyright © 2022 American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
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Abstract

108 Journal of Neuroscience Nursing Michelle Hill Thank you for the editorial regarding whether dogs I have a small black dog, so thinking all small are cute. First, I agree dogs are cute, and I commend black dogs are cuter than all gray dogs regardless of you for encouraging nursing to use critical thinking the variables listed previously shows my bias and does when determining why. We all have different opin- not follow the protocol for determining whether a dog ions, reasons, and biases that are pulled into every de- is cute. Is this bad? What if I have a grandmother who cision subconsciously, making us human. In the last died of Parkinson disease and I am caring for a patient 10 years, I have witnessed a shift in healthcare from with Parkinson disease? Should I follow a protocol if critical thinking to protocols and algorithms. Every the protocol does not help the patient or follow my per- process must be standard to ensure the same thinking sonal experience? Should I give the Parkinson disease and quality for every patient interaction or scenario. medications on the hospital schedule or the patient's Although this serves to improve quality, we have also schedule? managed to remove nursing critical thinking and hu- Nursing care is essential; neuroscience nursing man component. care focuses on the ability of the nurse to differen- So using your example, “Dogs are Cute,” starts the tiate subtle changes and rely on education rather than process map with decision points along the way tell- technology. In neuroscience nursing, protocols and ing the nurse how to proceed related to the dog's color, algorithms may remove the critical thinking needed age, and health; how quickly they wag their tail; and at the bedside. Neuroscience nurses are with the pa- so on. In the end, you have decided which dog is cute tient every minute of the day; now more than ever, and why. The protocol may make it easy to determine maintaining the ability and confidence to think criti- why dogs are cute; however, we have removed the cally is essential! critical thinking of the neuroscience nurse. We have ensured the patient receives the same care regardless Reference of the care provider, but we have removed the diver- 1. Olson DM, Oney A. Dogs are cute. J Neurosci Nurs. 2022; sity present in humans. 54(1):1. Questions or comments about this article may be directed to Michelle Hill, MS, RN, AGCNS-BC, CNRN, SCRN, at Michelle. Hill@ohiohealth.com. M.H. is a Stroke Coordinator, OhioHealth- Riverside, Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH. The author declares no conflicts of interest. Copyright © 2022 American Association of Neuroscience Nurses https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000649 Copyright © 2022 American Association of Neuroscience Nurses. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.

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Published: Jun 2, 2022

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