The national nurses union surveyed more than 400 RNs in more than two dozen states about their hospitals’ emergency preparedness. Preliminary results from the survey show:
- Eighty percent of RNs say their hospital has not communicated to them policies regarding potential admission of an Ebola patient
- Eighty-five percent say the hospital has not provided Ebola education
- Thirty percent say the hospital does not have sufficient supplies of eye protection and fluid resistant gowns
These results come as Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas is dealing with the first Ebola case diagnosed in the U.S. That hospital reportedly sent the patient away on his first visit without identifying him as a possible Ebola patient.
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