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1. Ebola: Why Respiratory Protection MUST Be Worn

   merilynRN replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

   There is a big question in my mind also, about whether the N95 is enough.

2. Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

   merilynRN replied to luv2's topic in COVID

   It originated from The Happy Hospitalist blog, The Happy Hospitalist and it is available on a tee shirt... Got Ebola? Blame the Nurse! Shirt | Zazzle There are some other funny "protocols" up on the site besides that one =]

3. Ebola: Why Respiratory Protection MUST Be Worn

   merilynRN replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

   I am glad Dr. Gary Weinstein spoke out. What he says only makes sense. But was he referring to the PAPR (Powered Air Purifying Respirator) as the "full respiratory mask" he speaks of, or something else? "I think that these two nurses took care of a...

4. Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

   merilynRN replied to luv2's topic in COVID

   binary, the link you provided currently is not working.

5. Will the Texas ED RN become a scapegoat in the Ebola patient discharge?

   merilynRN replied to preddish's topic in Safety

   This is why I was so annoyed when the nurse Jennifer Joseph was interviewed on CNN stating that Nina was in "full Hazmat suit" without differentiating that she was given the a "full suit" only after the diagnosis was confirmed. I think it's likely t...

6. Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

   merilynRN replied to luv2's topic in COVID

   This is a good article below about the hazmat suit and training that should be required for nurses and others treating ebola patients. In the media, and between different people interviewed including Texas Presbyterian nurses as well as friend and ...

7. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

   merilynRN replied to Esme12's topic in COVID

   Thank you for posting. Excellent information from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. And to think this commentary was posted back on September 17th! One would think it should have been widely disseminated information by public hea...

8. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

   merilynRN replied to Esme12's topic in COVID

   This below, is exactly what bothered me so much when they were calling it a "breach in protocol" when there WAS NO PROTOCOL before the diagnosis, when there should have been preemptive protocol based on Duncan's travel history, exposure history and c...

9. Ebola research: Fever not a surefire sign of infection

   merilynRN replied to merilynRN's topic in COVID

   It would be that 13% that do not present with a fever, that present a screening challenge.

10. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    merilynRN replied to Esme12's topic in COVID

    According to this LA Times article, it appears that health care personnel taking care of Mr. Duncan were not in full protective gear until results came in positive for ebola on Sept. 30 -- two days after admission. So there seems to have been a two-...

11. Ebola research: Fever not a surefire sign of infection

    merilynRN replied to merilynRN's topic in COVID

    According to this article it looks like the nurses taking care of Mr. Duncan were in standard isolation garb before the positive blood test came back. "Only then did staff treating Duncan trade their gowns and scrubs for hazmat suits, and the room w...

12. Ebola research: Fever not a surefire sign of infection

    merilynRN posted a topic in COVID

    http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-1012-ebola-fever-20141012-story.html#page=1 ​

13. Will the Texas ED RN become a scapegoat in the Ebola patient discharge?

    merilynRN replied to preddish's topic in Safety

    More today, from the New York Times: (emphasis mine) "On Sept. 25, Mr. Duncan began complaining to Ms. Troh about chills, and she drove him to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, not far from her apartment. He arrived in the emergency room with a mil...

14. new RN, how do i direct my career go being a Labor & Delivery Nurse

    merilynRN replied to erickawillisrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi, I had worked GYN and also Peds (Sloane Hospital for Women, and Babies Hospital) and got to know the managers & supervisors over time, including the L&D manager, sharing with her my interest in L&D. It was a foot in the door to work i...

15. Ebola... What'cha Gonna Do When It Comes to You

    merilynRN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in COVID

    well, well, well ... Presbyterian officials initially suggested that a nurse may have been at fault for failing to tell the emergency room doctor that Duncan had recently been in Liberia. Then hospital officials late Thursday blamed the miscommunic...