MissyWrite

MissyWrite

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  1. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here's something for those saying "But the military is quarantining the returning troops! That means everyone should be quarantined!" "Unlike uniformed personnel, civilians who work for the military...

  2. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Unfortunately, having been an RN for 25 years left me with this truth: Nurses are their own worst enemies. I think I'll start a separate thread or maybe write a book, since the answer doesn't belong...

  3. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Kaci's attorney, Norman Siegel, called the decision a victory. "She won," he said. "She is not quarantined. She can go out in the public. ... (The judge) got the understanding of what liberty is...

  4. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    KACI HAS WON!!!!!!! Maine Judge Rejects Ebola Quarantine for Nurse FORT KENT, Me.-Less than a day after restricting the movements of a nurse who treated Ebola victims in West Africa, a judge in...

  5. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The latest developments: "Maine health officials obtained a 24-hour court order restricting Kaci Hickox's movement after the nurse repeatedly defied the state's quarantine for medical workers who...

  6. The hardest parts of nursing?

    MissyWrite replied to calivianya's topic in General Nursing

    There is no reason to wait for a hospice consult to get a DNR order. A DNR order has nothing to do with a hospice consult. I hear you! I can draw blood with no problem and even blood gases, when I...

  7. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Something EVERYONE needs to consider if mandatory detention takes hold, even if we haven't had contact with an Ebola patient in the course of our jobs: "This begs the question, how will state and...

  8. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I strongly suspect that all of the 'negotiation' is going on because Maine can't get a court order to enforce Kaci's quarantine. I agree with Kaci and the medical and scientific community --...

  9. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Everyone else here has taken a side, either for or against. Notice that the user hasn't done that. S/He is here to attempt to invalidate and devalue

  10. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am the OP of the post you refer to. I started that thread advocating maximum PPE for front-line caregivers because they are the ones who are at risk. They are dealing with a patient during the...

  11. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And I want to add, that just because she expresses these feelings it does not mean she doesn't treat her patients with empathy and respect. It just means she's exasperated. Truthfully, ignorance is...

  12. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Please try to recall the right to freedom of speech. Even nurses and other public servants have that. I don't think that her words equaled "rabid disparagement." You must find yourself offended quite...

  13. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That source doesn't look trustworthy to me. A lot of partisan politics are at play here. It's important to separate that from the real issues at hand. "The 33-year-old nurse has become the face of a...

  14. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree with you. I've been in this thread fighting for her civil rights, railing against the deplorable, disrespectful conditions of her quarantine in NJ, arguing against irrational fear and for...

  15. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Although I'm against mandatory quarantines and agree with Kaci Hickox's ideas about them being legally and scientifically unfounded, I'm not sure I agree with her decision to disregard her mandatory...

  16. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The latest news is that Kaci Hickox, RN, has no intention of obeying the mandatory quarantine in Maine. "Maine health officials are prepared to "pursue legal authority" to enforce a quarantine...

  17. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The reason they don't quarantine themselves is BECAUSE they understand Ebola. But they DO self-monitor, and report as required. Just as Pham, Vinson and Spender did. Do you get that? Or are you...

  18. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree, she intuitively understands. Her irrational fear may be taking center stage at this time, but deep down, her innate intelligence is trying to assert itself. That's good, because intelligence...

  19. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You will see this go to court, and you will see it lose. Why? In the United States of America, people are not forcibly detained without cause and without due process, and only those with a diagnosed...

  20. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think the WORST thing Cuomo and Christie did was to undermine the public's trust in nurses and doctors by saying they could not be trusted to self-monitor. That really gets to me. They went way too...

  21. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Surely you don't mean the tent/no running water/ paper clothing/ no shower/porta-potty situation of the nurse who was quarantined, do you? This is the US, a third-world country that thinks pretty...

  22. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Macawake, you have gotten down to the crux of the matter. If a person believes there are uncertainties regarding how the virus is transmitted, then they will of course feel they're being perfectly...

  23. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have a nagging question, and maybe those of you in favor of the health worker mandatory quarantine (which I am not) can answer it. I haven't seen this addressed anywhere, at least not yet: Dr. Craig...

  24. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They certainly are! I saw her called a 'prima dona,' and 'a disgrace to the nursing profession.' And so much more. Scary how easy it is for Americans to give up their rights and freedom (oh, I mean...

  25. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Exactly. We can't let fear take control over intelligence. "Several leading public health experts have suggested that Christie's decision to confine Hickox is an attempt to score political points,...