The 1 year critical care experience comes from Nurse Anesthesia Council of Accreditation. The NA schools have to abide by that COA mandate or risk losing their accredited status, and the student(s)...
All HCWs that took care of ebola patients are required to be monitored for at least 21 days post-exposure. "IDSA Statement on Involuntary Quarantine of Healthcare Workers Returning From Ebola-Affected...
Do you? I have a lifetime alumni access to Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) library. I basically have access to every English peer-reviewed scientific journal there is. I...
Yes, if you actually scroll to the end of the CDC and other links you notice that the CDC link was a literature review and many of the others provided links have articles that they utilized too. You...
You really do read into things what you want don't you. He was expressing worry over getting ebola when he was discussing his pseudo-symptoms and he did not have a fever because he currently was not...
Review of Human-to-Human Transmission of Ebola Virus | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC Questions and Answers about Ebola, Pets, and Other Animals | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC Actually, it boils down...
The case did pan out. There was shown not to be a legal or scientific reason to require mandatory quarantine of asymptomatic HCWs who took care of ebola patients. Why don't you actually try to...
"Antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing" Actually as the above quote shows it was referring to antigen testing too. Diagnosis | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever |
Ebola blood testing has not shown to be accurate unless the person is symptomatic. People have also not been shown to be able to transmit ebola until they are symptomatic. It doesn't matter how much...
It would help if you actually looked up ebola blood testing or any of this other information before you started spouting misinformation. "Ebola virus is detected in blood only after onset of symptoms,...
It really bothers me that my fellow nurses don't understand basic science of public health. By your way of thinking every nurse, every HCW, and every person should be quarantined that comes into...
Kaci Hickox was never symptomatic and never had Ebola. CDC recommendations for these type of cases where HCWs have been exposed to Ebola through routine care and are not symptomatic do not include...
I am CRNA, so unfortunately I don't know a lot about the floors at WRNMC. WRNMC is the referral military hospital for all of D.C. area so you can expect a busy ER there. The last time I was here the...
I am working part-time at WRNMC while at USUHS, if you questions about WRNMC or the local area I maybe able to answer them. This is my second time being stationed
You want to become a CRNA, but you don't have any references from a CRNA?. I just saw one applicant not get chosen for that very reason, so I think it definitely is a must. Would you apply to...
1. How do you know going into NA school, if you are going to teach or not in the future? A lot of things change after a couple years of practice. 2. The DNP/DNAP does not change a CRNA's scope of...
Hi Everyone, I thought I would start a new research in anesthesia summary about once a month. Please, feel free to add any interesting articles that you feel are current and relevant. Penn Medicine...
I liked the Core Concepts Practice Exams. Practice Exam Package The people that made the practice exams are both question writers for the actual exam, NA instructors, and all the questions are...
Immunogenicity, Safety and Tolerability of Vaccinations in Premature Infants "Abstract Infections are more common and generally more severe in neonates and young children than in older children and...
Actually, the tide is turning against anti-vaccine people. Everyone is getting tired of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks that occur d/t this anti-vaccine ideology. The only reason you think...