{"id":5516,"date":"2019-06-01T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2022-03-17T18:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:44:50","slug":"a-condescending-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/a-condescending-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"A condescending reply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a dual-licensed certified veterinary technician in Arizona and registered <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarynurse.com\/articles\/looking-forward-looking-back-the-veterinary-technology-profession\/\">veterinary technician<\/a> in Oklahoma who supports Liz Hughston\u2019s Viewpoint <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/stop-using-a-non-existent-title\/\">[\u201cStop Using a Non-Existent Title,\u201d April\/May 2019]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Cushing\u2019s response to her letter was condescending and did not address her issue. She is stating that in Today\u2019s Veterinary Business we are not called by our legally appropriate title or titles. She is not addressing the term \u201cnurse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our licenses currently do not refer to us as nurses, so we should not be referred to as such in a professional publication. Please use one of our four existing titles, or the blanket \u201ccredentialed veterinary technician\u201d until those titles have been legally changed to \u201cregistered veterinary nurse,\u201d which is a far-off place.<\/p>\n<p>Cushing is a lobbyist and legal strategist. 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