85% of Nurses Not Trained for Ebola
76% of nurses also say their hospitals have no policy for admitting Ebola patients
Kit Daniels
Prison Planet.com
October 13, 2014
Eighty-five percent of America’s nurses said their hospitals have not educated them on Ebola, according to a poll conducted by the largest nursing association in the U.S.
Additionally, 76% of the nurses said their hospitals have not informed them how to admit potential Ebola patients in the poll conducted Sunday by National Nurses United which surveyed 2,000 registered nurses at over 750 facilities in 46 states.
“Our call was… based on steady reports from nurses at multiple hospitals who are alarmed at the inadequate preparation they see at their hospitals,” RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of NNU, stated. “The time to act is long overdue.”
Thirty-seven percent of nurses also revealed their hospitals have insufficient supplies of face shields and 39% said their hospitals have no plans to equip isolation rooms for Ebola patients.
In response, the NNU called on hospitals to “immediately implement a full emergency preparedness plan for Ebola,” including full training for health care workers, adequate supplies of Hazmat suits, properly equipped isolation rooms and appropriate procedures for disposal of medical waste and linens after use.
The World Health Organization is calling Ebola the “most severe acute health emergency in modern times.”
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