RNs to Hold National Conference Call for Nurses on Ebola Wednesday

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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

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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

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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

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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 Union rallies in Oakland after Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola

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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

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Large group of nurses holding sign "Stop Ebola Now"
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

British Hospitals Plan Ebola Drills

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ealth-care providers in developed countries are finally waking up to the fact that they need to prepare for imported Ebola cases like those seen this week in Dallas and Madrid. In the United Kingdom, where no cases have been reported, two major hospitals are beginning drills this weekend to simulate the arrival of an Ebola patient, according to the Daily Mail. The paper noted some hospitals had not yet received recommended protective gear.
John Tozzi, Bloomberg Business Week

Workers Fearful of Ebola Want You to Know How Personal They Get With Body Fluids

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As many as 200 workers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport began striking late Wednesday as part of their efforts to gain a contract with Atlanta’s Air Serv, an airport contractor for Delta Air Lines, using the attention Ebola has received as a way to address the nastier aspects of their jobs.
Justin Bachman, Bloomberg Business Week