Support Kaci Hickox

[nurse2033]

She is the nurse who returned from Africa and was placed in quarantine despite not being sick. I'm not going to give all the details here, they are readily available online. I support her position and hope you do too. She is not sick, she should not be quarentined.

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

I know there has been a lot of inferences about the military requiring mandatory quarantine, but what most people don't realize and the news media has just glazed over is all the DOD contractors that deploy with the military to ebola hot spots will not be required to undergo mandatory quarantines if asymptomatic.

[CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN]

Today, 26 of November, twenty-fourteen--I was surprised to find no "nurse breaks quarantine" thread when I looked it up, thinking it would be a hot topic. I am glad I eventually have found the thread rather than start a thread on a theme already covered.

I think that when a nurse's action potentially threatens the public safety that it is imperative for that nurse to abide by the rules. When you are an ambassador for all nurses, as on TV in this case, your best behavior and professionalism reflects on all of us. IMHO she appears selfish, arrogant, and a tad juvenile. Not a good role model for anybody.

[OCNRN63, RN]

Today, 26 of November, twenty-fourteen--I was surprised to find no "nurse breaks quarantine" thread when I looked it up, thinking it would be a hot topic. I am glad I eventually have found the thread rather than start a thread on a theme already covered.

I think that when a nurse's action potentially threatens the public safety that it is imperative for that nurse to abide by the rules. When you are an ambassador for all nurses, as on TV in this case, your best behavior and professionalism reflects on all of us. IMHO she appears selfish, arrogant, and a tad juvenile. Not a good role model for anybody.

I'm happy to consider such an intelligent, well-spoken nurse to be my role model.

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

She did not endanger anyone and she followed the most current scientific literature in making her decision to not be subject to an illegal quarantine. It is important as health care providers to base our decisions on scientific evidence and not sensationalism perpetrated by the news media.

[BostonFNP, APRN]

I think that when a nurse's action potentially threatens the public safety that it is imperative for that nurse to abide by the rules.

Her actions did not "threaten public safety".

Whose rules did she not abide by? The politician's?

She stood up for science. And she was right. I wish all nurses used the scientific process as she did.

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[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

Today, 26 of November, twenty-fourteen--I was surprised to find no "nurse breaks quarantine" thread when I looked it up, thinking it would be a hot topic. I am glad I eventually have found the thread rather than start a thread on a theme already covered.

I think that when a nurse's action potentially threatens the public safety that it is imperative for that nurse to abide by the rules. When you are an ambassador for all nurses, as on TV in this case, your best behavior and professionalism reflects on all of us. IMHO she appears selfish, arrogant, and a tad juvenile. Not a good role model for anybody.

How did this woman even remotely threaten the public safety?! She was asymptomatic and had tested negative for ebola twice when she went home. You cannot transmit ebola while asymptomatic, she did not have ebola, and in any case was not exposing the public to her body fluids, which is necessary in order to transmit ebola. She was monitoring herself for symptoms, which she never showed. Had she become symptomatic, she would have presented herself to the proper authority and "the public" would have remained safe.

The point of view expressed above is entirely inconsistent with the science on ebola which has been gleaned from DECADES of experience with this illness and the reams of research done. For YEARS, HCW just like Kaci have come back from Africa after caring for ebola and were never forced into quarantine. Where was the outrage all those years and were you criticizing those HCW for being poor role models? Why suddenly is Kaci Hickox expected to suddenly and without notice be held to a new standard never before applied?

Apparently the old saying is true that "no good deed goes unpunished."

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

... holding her against her will is illegal and immoral.

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not to mention expensive. Who can afford to be out of work for 3 weeks? Especially if not really ill.

[Crazynut]

Yep seen a pt wheeled out in handcuffs. Taken to TB unit at local prison. Pt refused treatment. Judge said otherwise. Sorry boo thing. Thats what happens. Public health > cilvial liberties. Dont get me wrong im all about civil rights. Im a member on ACLU and NAACP. Couldnt be a prouder member. But you have to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Remember the past and our history. Back in the day people died young. From easily preventable things like flu/pna. As a society we have to protect public health. Period. I mean spanish flu killed off like what almost a third of the entire world population.

I could spoon feed you the NC law. But I think you should look it up yourself. NC has some very interesting laws. It will be quite the treat :)

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

Yep seen a pt wheeled out in handcuffs. Taken to TB unit at local prison. Pt refused treatment. Judge said otherwise. Sorry boo thing. Thats what happens. Public health > cilvial liberties. Dont get me wrong im all about civil rights. Im a member on ACLU and NAACP. Couldnt be a prouder member. But you have to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Remember the past and our history. Back in the day people died young. From easily preventable things like flu/pna. As a society we have to protect public health. Period. I mean spanish flu killed off like what almost a third of the entire world population.

I could spoon feed you the NC law. But I think you should look it up yourself. NC has some very interesting laws. It will be quite the treat :)

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 mandatory quarantine.

There is no comparison to someone who has been diagnosed with TB and refuses to take his/her medications and an asymptomatic HCW who has treated Ebola patients.

The TB patient is based on public health principles, and the Kaci Hickox case is nothing more politics and scare tactics.

[Crazynut]

It's not just based on politics and scare tacts. It's based on the law! Please review the law in your state! Part of knowing your rights is knowing the law. Thats out duty to be educated and informes citizen of this fine democracy of ours. Lol!

[TiffyRN, BSN, PhD]

1. Yep seen a pt wheeled out in handcuffs. Pt refused treatment.

2. Remember the past and our

History. I mean spanish flu killed off like what almost a third of the entire world population.

3. I could spoon feed you the NC law. But I think you should look it up yourself.

Once more, I'm handicapped by my lack of knowledge how to multi-quote so I added numbers to your post to address points.

1. So I'm assuming these patients HAD a disease, of at least some kind of symptoms.

2. Maybe you can refresh my memory. Were all caregivers of patients of Spanish flu cloistered while they provided care then incarcerated for weeks after every patient contact? I'm pretty sure not as the hospitals would have quickly run out of caregivers. Which is one of the biggest concerns with the way Kaci was treated.

3. Yea, don't know about your NC law; bet y'all do have some interesting ones. Does it provide for the incarceration of asymptomatic aide workers?

[Crazynut]

I guess I do have to spoon feed people!

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