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This is my favorite part of the speech: "The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there." I pray for him, his family, and us because we are, and always will be, the United States of America...

Hello, I am in an MSN educator program. This semester I have to make up a curriculum, test blue print, objectives, and goals. Also outline of courses, descriptions. I would like to do this for a nurse informatics course. Although other than my own comp.knowledge I am not sure what to include. This assignment is worth 75% of the grade! Doe anyone have a sample syllabus for informatics Nursing? (I looked on the wed but none have philosophy, goals, or outcomes. Also I have to make up 30 questions for a NI test (part of the assignment) Is there a site where I can get sample NI tests? None of this will be given to real students its only for the assignment. I appreciate any help...

Hello , I became curious when I read the part you stated you were told " you did not have an exposure because urine, vomit, sputum, or feces is not an exposure unless it has visible blood in it" and it was "CDC's rules." I am outraged so I looked this up in the OSHA website. http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10051 According to OSHA an Exposure Incident is defined as "a specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employee's duties." Other potentially infectious material is defined as (1) The following human body fluids: semen, lady partsl secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids; (2) Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead); and (3) HIV-containing cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and HIV- or HBV-containing culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or other tissues from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV. may or may not include blood. If you work in a hospital the standards are set by OSHA as far as what to do during an exposure Be Well! good for you

I would definately follow up and be a pest with the Manager. You were exposed and an incident report should have been written and you given and kept a copy. In case you did not, get a notebook and write the date, time, unit, patient name, hospital id if possible. Also write down WHO saw the exposure, who you spoke to, lab person, manager names, and anyone elses name who you spoke to AND their responses. Don't tell anyone you are 'writing this all down' just keep it filed in your home. Look for the blood exposure policy in the unit (SOP) and of the hospital. It (should) be on the unit in a binder and incidents reports should be there also. If you can, make a copy for yourself and bring it with you when you meet the manager. This is unfortunate that the managers were blaze' about it and just because they are ignorant of the policy is no excuse. Once you have the policy in hand if the manager does not answer or respond I would go above her. If there is NO written policy for blood exposure, look at the CDC http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/bbp/ site and the 'National Institute of Occupational Saftey' C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp\Exp_to_Blood.pdf Good Luck be Well