National Nurses Praise RN for Speaking Out on Hospital Lapses in Dallas
ational Nurses United today praised Briana Aguirre, a registered nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas for speaking out about serious lapses in safety protocols at the hospital following the arrival of the late Thomas Eric Duncan with the Ebola virus.
National Nurses United
Oct 16, 2014
Nurses Call on Obama to Direct Hospitals to Follow Highest Standards for Beating Ebola
As News Breaks that Second Health Worker in Dallas Tests Positive for Ebola, 11,500 RNs Join National Conference Call for Nurses on Preparedness. With concern escalating across the U.S. about the threat of a wider Ebola outbreak, National Nurses United today called on President Barack Obama to “invoke his executive authority†to order all U.S. hospitals to meet the highest “uniform, national standards and protocols†in order to “safely protect patients, all healthcare workers and the public.â€
National Nurses United
Oct 15, 2014
Statement by RN's at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital as provided to National Nurses United
This is an inside story from some registered nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who have familiarity with what occurred at the hospital following the positive Ebola infection of first the late Thomas Eric Duncan and then a registered nurse who cared for him Nina Pham.
National Nurses United
RNs to Hold National Conference Call for Nurses on Ebola Wednesday
RNs Call for Highest Standards for Protective Gear, including Hazmat Suits, Hands-On Training After First Nurse Infected by Ebola in Dallas. 23,200 RNs Across U.S. Say Hospitals Still Lagging on Preparedness.
National Nurses United
Oct 14, 2014
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
U.S. hospitals not prepared for Ebola threat
With reports that a nurse who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas has been infected, one thing urgently needs to be made clear: Our hospitals are not prepared to confront the deadly virus.
RoseAnn DeMoro, writing in The Washington Post
Ebola – RNs Call for Highest Standards for Protective Equipment, including Hazmat Suits, Training
Following news Sunday that the first U.S. nurse has now tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, National Nurses United called for all hospitals to have in place the highest standard of optimal protections, including Hazmat suits, and hands-on training to protect all RNs, other hospital personnel to confront Ebola.
National Nurses United
Oct 13, 2014
National Nurses United says most hospitals are not prepared for Ebola
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the country, said that more than 80 percent of nurses the union surveyed report they have not been given adequate training on Ebola.
DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post
National Nurses Union rallies in Oakland after Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola
The union said hundreds of nurses are expected to join a national discussion Wednesday that will address hospital preparations for Ebola, and the training nurses are receiving. So far, they say, the data received in the union's survey of more than 1,900 registered nurses at more than 750 hospitals in 46 states and the District of Columbia wasn't encouraging.
Rick Hurd, Contra Costa Times
Ebola: RNs Call for Highest Standards for Protective Equipment, including Hazmat Suits and Training
Following news Sunday that the first U.S. nurse has now tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, National Nurses United called for all hospitals to have in place the highest standard of optimal protections, including Hazmat suits, and hands-on training to protect all RNs, other hospital personnel to confront Ebola.
National Nurses United
Oct 12, 2014