Ebola- Quarantine/Quasi quarantine Yes or No?

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/28/new-debate-over-ebola-quarantine-looms-as-nurse-returns-to-maine/

I will be curious to see how this plays out in developing "quarantine rules"...do we as a nation, go state by state? do we follow the lead of the CDC? what will this mean if in fact she tests positive for Ebola?

Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.

During smallpox we quarantined, the astronauts are quarantined when they return. I applaud her for going over there even though I know a small portion of the nurses who do, aren't doing it for the greater good; rather to beef up their resumes during long stretches of unemployment which are increasingly common these days.

I believe if a nurse goes over for the greater good they wouldn't return and act like that...it doesn't add up personality wise. Now she says her life is in turmoil but yet she's on every news show in town (she is being paid on every appearance).

This saddens me that it couldn't have been a nurse that could show compassion and a real sense of doing the right thing that came back and met the ban situation. I might have believed her if she hadn't lawyered up so fast and went on every media outlet and continues to do so. It just doesn't sit well with me. Every thing she's done and is doing appears to be related to $, and not the greater good which is creating a lot of confusion. Now all the people coming to America will ignore the quarantines most likely. All those people who are coming here to get treated just like Duncan did. God bless her and may she find what's she after.

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She challenged hysteria and won!

Maine judge rejects quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox - CNN.com

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.
During smallpox we quarantined, the astronauts are quarantined when they return. I applaud her for going over there even though I know a small portion of the nurses who do, aren't doing it for the greater good; rather to beef up their resumes during long stretches of unemployment which are increasingly common these days.

I believe if a nurse goes over for the greater good they wouldn't return and act like that...it doesn't add up personality wise. Now she says her life is in turmoil but yet she's on every news show in town (she is being paid on every appearance).

This saddens me that it couldn't have been a nurse that could show compassion and a real sense of doing the right thing that came back and met the ban situation. I might have believed her if she hadn't lawyered up so fast and went on every media outlet and continues to do so. It just doesn't sit well with me. Every thing she's done and is doing appears to be related to $, and not the greater good which is creating a lot of confusion. Now all the people coming to America will ignore the quarantines most likely. All those people who are coming here to get treated just like Duncan did. God bless her and may she find what's she after.

Would you provide a source which indicates that she is getting paid to appear or speak to the media? Who is saying that this is all about $ for her?

Why shouldn't she "lawyer up" after being detained for hours and then confined and isolated against her will for no good reason other than the fear of ignorant people? Don't people generally consult a lawyer when their rights have been trampled? Why is that annoying for this citizen in this case to protect her rights to freedom?

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During smallpox we quarantined, the astronauts are quarantined when they return. I applaud her for going over there even though I know a small portion of the nurses who do, aren't doing it for the greater good; rather to beef up their resumes during long stretches of unemployment which are increasingly common these days.

I believe if a nurse goes over for the greater good they wouldn't return and act like that...it doesn't add up personality wise. Now she says her life is in turmoil but yet she's on every news show in town (she is being paid on every appearance).

This saddens me that it couldn't have been a nurse that could show compassion and a real sense of doing the right thing that came back and met the ban situation. I might have believed her if she hadn't lawyered up so fast and went on every media outlet and continues to do so. It just doesn't sit well with me. Every thing she's done and is doing appears to be related to $, and not the greater good which is creating a lot of confusion. Now all the people coming to America will ignore the quarantines most likely. All those people who are coming here to get treated just like Duncan did. God bless her and may she find what's she after.

I mean this in the sincerest way possible: you need to start checking your sources because FOX News (or any other media outlet) is not the best source of accurate information.

This was not an unemployed under-educated nurse who went to Africa to tackle Ebola as a resume-builder. Look up her resume.

Just because she spent a few months of her life away from friends and family,

helping one of the neediest medical

populations on the planet right now , she should be "good natured" enough to simply sit back and be wrongfully held against her will while promoting the mass hysteria cycle. Heaven forbid she draws the line on her level of sacrifice.

Also, who ever thought one might get paid for their time talking to the media outlets. Selfish to get paid for anything.

And capped off with Ducan "coming here to get treated"'even though he applied for his visas and paid for tickets months before he traveled. Then he came here to stay with his family and tried to infect them too.

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Specializes in L&D, Women's Health.

(These threads are getting mixed up!)

Re quarantine . . . if every HCP who treated some with Ebola were quarantined 21 days, Emory would not have the staff to take another Ebola pt, and pretty soon, none of the specialized hospitals would have the staff . . . they would all be sitting at home.

Why would we demand HCPs who know the importance of self-monitoring and the effect of this disease be quarantined for 21 days when the 150 coming in daily from W Africa are free to ride the subways, go bowling, fly, etc? Makes no sense to me.

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During smallpox we quarantined, the astronauts are quarantined when they return.

We quarantined smallpox because it is much more easily transmitted than Ebola.

Astronauts are quarantined because they are returning from outer space, and may be bringing something we know absolutely nothing about and have never encountered before. That is not at all the case with Ebola.

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I believe she is being selfish and making a big deal for no reason! Yes, I can see how cabin fever could get annoying but, those are the rules and as a responsible nurse you should set a good example for other nurses/people. If you go over there willingly exposing yourself to this illness then you should be quarantined for 21 days when you get home; end of story. More now then ever, our focus as healthcare workers is "prevention is the key". This nurse needs to get over her little pity party and deal with it. It's all part of being a nurse; taking care of people! I do commend her for being brave enough to travel to Africa to help these unfortunate people who don't have what we have to get better, but if you go then accept your quarantine duty and be done with it.

There is no "quarantine duty" recommended by the experts. The only quarantine promoters are those who are ignorant and/or unnecessarily fearful because the facts about ebola and it's transmission are clear and do not recommend much less require a 21 day isolation for asymptomatic individuals.

You should set a good example for nurses and read the science and then advocate for evidence based intervention/practice.

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And somehow the idea that Kaci Hickox is a selfish, self-serving ignoramus keeps circulating.

Confounding, truly. What, exactly, is selfish about wanting to be free when one is not guilty of anything requiring confinement?

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I'm not a nurse, but if I were a patient, Kaci Hickox is exactly the kind of nurse I would want taking care of me. First, she pays attention to evidence-based science. Second, she would be one heck of an advocate.

There is nothing wrong with her retaining an attorney or giving interviews. There is no basis in science for her quarantine, and Chris Christie was announcing that she was "obviously ill" when she was no such thing. Those are newsworthy topics.

I wonder if this would be an entirely different conversation if a male were involved.

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And somehow the idea that Kaci Hickox is a selfish, self-serving ignoramus keeps circulating.

Confounding, truly. What, exactly, is selfish about wanting to be free when one is not guilty of anything requiring confinement?

For many people she is "selfish" because Sean Hannity has proclaimed that she is.

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The Texas group came of as uneducated hicks and really made me feel quite ashamed of the Nursing profession.

Which Texas group are we talking about?

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