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Originally Posted by snh  I totally agree with this post. I am also a nurse but I took my dog to the vet to have his vaccinations done. If I ever decided to breed, which I'm not, I would totally feel qualified to give my puppies their vaccinations. I told my vet that I didn't want lepto and when I bring my new puppies home, I will do the same. I do the same with my personal care and the care of my family. I'm in the medical field and if I feel that something is wrong with what the MD has ordered, I speak up. I speak up with my patients if I feel the MD has ordered something in error because my license is on the line. Just because the doctor ordered something does not mean that I have to administer it. There would be many dead patients if this were the case. I'm not saying either way is right in regards to a breeder doing their own vaccinations, I'm just saying that a nurse is qualified to administer them. I'm sure she spoke with her vet about which vaccines to administer in the beginning. She's not diagnosing, she's just administering vaccinations. |
Exactly, the days are gone when doctors expect to be treated like gods, and never have anyone question them on anything. We have to be proactive in our own health and that of our dogs. I'm sure many a nurse has saved a doctor from disaster.