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I am very happy for you. Remember to "pay it forward" when you meet that nurse who will need what you have gotten with your treatment and hard work. You are lucky you dealt with this now instead of many years later. Always treasure your sobriety. Despite what you have gone through, remember that you had developed a compassion and understanding that many nurses never develop.

I am sure you have all read about the Texas Ebola patient's erroneous discharge from the ED. All of the articles I've read allude to the RN as being the major cause of this error. I am very concerned that he/she will become the sacrificial lamb to pin the blame on and have negative consequences for this nurse rather than being a systems' issue. Since Ebola is such a hot issue and concern shouldn't casefinding be the responsibility of all the professionals who encounter any patient when they enter the healthcare system?

I admire these nurses and all health care staff who are selflessly caring for these patients. Where would we be if Nightingale and other nurses and volunteers did not go to Crimea? These nurses deserve our support and esteem. This issue reminds me of a quote I read many years ago, "We are the somebody in somebodies got to do it." That, to me, is one of the requirements for being a nurse. I look forward to reading about their experiences, insights, and knowledge we will gain because of these nurses.

Kudos to you for your rational opinions regarding this issue. Where would infection control and many other aspects of nursing be if Nightingale had not gone to Crimea. We should laud these nurses, doctors and all of the other healthcare workers involved in the care of these patients.

For all of you that remember Glamour Magazine Do's and Dont's...........perhaps theyt still have them. I have been teased about my standards for nurses and their appearnace on an interviewand at work. It says a great deal. In my owqn perzsonal experience I have found that nurses who do not address their appearance tend to be poor performers. I and my department have been spared a nurse who diverted controlled substances, married a transvestite patient, brought her suddendly dead cat and left in my office, etc. I knew none of these details but I did not approve of their dress when they came to my department to interview with the Nurse Managers. I nixed their hires. As dated as both of my references may be, "Dress For Success" is still a standard we need to adhere to.