Annamarie Parker, RN, CNOR, asks why it is always nurses who have to ask the questions (Letters to the Editor, vol 83, March 2006). The answer is that purchasing department personnel very often do not have the knowledge to deal with issues that appear very logical to a nurse. After working as a nurse in different specialties (ie, obstetrics, intensive care, the OR), I made a big step to material management of my health region one year ago. Am I ever welcome and needed here! Issues that appear simple and logical to me would take a buyer hours to research and understand. Five minutes of my time can often solve what could amount to days of problems and can prevent the need for many telephone calls and e-mails. These days, when I travel, the buyers make sure I have my cell phone and laptop computer with me. Health care is becoming ever more complex, and purchasing departments are struggling—and often failing—to keep up. Every purchasing department should have a clinically experienced RN to help with the process. In the meantime, RNs, please keep asking “why?”