The below information is fresh from my in-box. I thought I’d share it for those of you who may need one more reason to come to the Wise Traditions conference next month! (Click the link for more information.)
I may look into this for my LPN continuing education credits. I haven’t worked as an LPN in years (which is one reason I’m glad I only paid for a one year nursing program), but I keep up my license just because you never know. Once in a while I think about going back to it. There’s just something about being able to do whatever little bit you can to make things better for patients going through a rough time. But can you imagine if I had to administer flu shots? Or Hep B vaccines to newborns?! Or if I had to tell a patient they should eat a low-fat diet? Or if I had to bring them hospital food trays with nothing but crap on them? I shudder at the thought. At least I’d give them all an earful before they fired me.
Yeah, I think I’ll stick to blogging for now.
Information from the Weston A. Price Foundation about CEU’s:
We have received approval from several organizations for continuing education units for health professionals at Wise Traditions 2009.
CHIROPRACTORS (DCs): Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Board of Chiropractic Examiners: Approval received for 15.8 CEUs. (This is reciprocal in some states, please check with your state.)
NUTRITIONISTS: National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP): 15.8 Category I CEUs. NANP requires only that their member get the Certificate of Attendance, which costs $5.
NURSING: This continuing nursing education activity is approved by the Maryland Nurses Association an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC), most states accept this. 15.8 contact hours.
ACUPUNCTURE AND MASSAGE THERAPISTS: National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM): approved for 15.5 PDA points.
REGISTERED DIETITIANS (RD): Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR): application submitted; approval pending.
When registering for the conference, you can register for CEUs. The cost for CEUs is $25 per day or $65 for the full three days.
For further information visit https://westonaprice.org/conferences/2009/ceus.html.
If you have questions, please send them to Kathy, Director of Continuing Education at [email protected].
Amy @ Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free says
I didn’t know you were a nurse…I used to be an elementary school teacher. I have the same feelings as you did about having to do things that I didn’t believe in. I have come to the conclusion that there are different ‘breeds’ of people. Some people can do those things, though they disagree, and they’re ok with it. It eats at my soul and I can’t live with myself when I do. So, now I blog too.
Kelly the Kitchen Kop says
You guys are so fun to chat with. I love reading your comments! 🙂
Flo says
Soli,
Thanks for your link about H1N1. Very interesting and informative!
Mary P. says
Hi Kelly,
Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I am so glad I am not alone! I was also a nurse and worked in the conventional medical field for 20 years. It wasn’t until I got sick myself that I came to the realization that conventional medicine isn’t about health. Around that time I began to learn about the healing, nourishing qualities of plants and weeds and began to study herbalism in a big way. It totally change my perception about healing and health care. I finally dropped my nursing license when I also became investigating the path of midwifery and realized that there was no going back into that world. I am not opposed to conventional medicine – there is a lot of good in it, some of this technology is quite necessary and life-saving and it has it’s place in the greater scope of things. But I was more interested in promoting health and wholeness and learning how to deeply nourish myself which conventional medicine is just not so good at. Anyway, thanks again for sharing some of yourself with all of your readers. It felt good to hear you talk about this.
Soli says
Hi Kelly,
It’s not specifically related to the post, but I wanted to share something my mother just sent me. She’s been working with this naturopath for over a decade now, and the wellness club is the source from which I get my 5HTP, and soon, melatonin.
Seven inconvenient truths about the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic
https://healthbeatnews.com/news/archives/488
Catherine says
Kelly~
Appreciate your sentiments immensely! As an ND, I have thought about an MD, but, for the same reasons, ethically, as a follower of Jesus, cannot.
I have in recent months been telling folks, especially other followers of Jesus, that He came to set the captives free…this applies in OH SO many ways…AND to HEAL the broken-hearted! When folks who name the name of Jesus stop bowing the knee to baal by asking the “govt” for permission to do what He has already empowered and charged us with doing, well then, we have left our first love.
Truly, I foresee the day when a return to true “hospital”ity is a ministry everyone can and must do, starting in their own kitchen and home.
God speed to those who do not need permission or a license to do the will of God!
Flo says
Kelly,
I haven’t kept up my nursing license since I got married 18 years ago, either. I did for awhile but then let it lapse because the requirements were too much if you weren’t working (MN & ND). I should’ve known we shared that sort of history! 🙂
I tried to take a refresher course in 2004. We could’ve used the money in a big way, and still could. My mom had pancreatic cancer at the time and I couldn’t keep up with it. Besides being overwhelmed with my mom’s situation, my heart wasn’t into the course — for the very same reasons you listed. I got out of nursing shortly after being married because of the AIDS scare at the times and the privacy of the patient being more important than the nurse being informed (they wouldn’t tell us if someone had AIDS). After a needlestick and having to be tested, just in case, I decided it wasn’t worth it if I wanted to have a family.
I grew up with one foot in the conventional medicine world and the other in a more natural way of doing things (my mom and her mom). So, being in nursing was kind of a stretch to begin with. Doing various procedures and giving certain meds were what “needed” to be done but only solidified my ideas against doing anything unnecessary or even potentially harmful.
If I was still in nursing, though, this would be a GREAT chance to get CEUs that seem really helpful to the professional as well as the patient! I never saw anything like this when I was keeping my education up. Thank you for posting it and making people aware!
Organic and Thrifty says
Kelly,
I am so glad someone else has the same opinions! I have been strongly considering switching careers to nursing, b/c I love health and helping people, and it’s a great career in many ways. BUT I can’t even imagine myself doing any of those things you mentioned….someday I hope we’ll see a movement whereby organizations like the WAP (or heck, the Catholic Church with its legacy of health care) open smaller, sustainable, and wholistic hospitals that treat the whole person and use nutritional methods as well as herbals (and pharmeceuticals when necessary) to treat patients. I would be a nurse in that hospital!
Someday,
Carrie 🙂