We had such tremendous participation in our first survey. More than 3,200 nurses told us what they thought about their levels of preparedness for Ebola. It's only been a week, but much has transpired in recent days.
Two Texas nurses who cared for the only Ebola fatality in the United States have become infected with the Ebola virus. They both have been transferred to hospitals with top-level biocontainment units that specialize in treating infectious diseases. The blame-game has been played all week in an effort to find fault for the nurses contracting the deadly virus.
After the second nurse became infected, the CDC has been re-evaluating their earlier recommended Ebola protocol. Updated protocols are expected to be released this week.
With the increased level of Ebola activity, allnurses would like to find out if there has also been an increased level of education, training, and Ebola awareness in your facility. Please take this follow up survey to help us see if you think there has been an improvement.
After taking the survey, please tell us how you think things are with the Ebola situation. Have conditions improved, gotten worse, or stayed the same. What do you base this on?
You do realize that there actually aren't many flights directly from the affected west african nations to the us. What would need to happen is screening of passports at entry to determine country of origin. And i personally don't think the tsa is up to that.
Nurse educators have an important role in preparing health care providers to safely care for the patient with Ebola Virus Disease, containg the disease and prevent spread. Simulation training is an important strategy that we use to help nurse transfer new knowlege and skills to the clinical setting. Nurses practice donning and doffing personal protective equipment, and in a simulated setting practice skills, while wearing PPE in the bio-contained room. Additionally, nurses participate in a minimum of 5 drills before caring for the EVD patient, the quarterly for ongoing competency.
emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B
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You do realize that there actually aren't many flights directly from the affected west african nations to the us. What would need to happen is screening of passports at entry to determine country of origin. And i personally don't think the tsa is up to that.