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Ebola at the National Institutes of Health Perspectives From Critical Care Nurses

Ebola at the National Institutes of Health Perspectives From Critical Care Nurses AACN Advanced Critical Care Volume 26 , Number 3 , pp. 262 - 267 © 2015 AACN Ebola at the National Institutes of Health Perspectives From Critical Care Nurses Susan S. Johnson, RN Neil Barranta, RN, MSN, CCRN Dan Chertow, MD, MPH ABSTRACT Infectious disease events were in the head- terns must be altered to provide safe care, lines in 2014. West Africa experienced the while maintaining safety of health care work- worst Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak ers. This article provides perspectives of the ever recorded. The world was stunned when critical care nurse manager and bedside the deadly virus began to spread to other nurse who participated in the development countries. The health care system in the of the care processes for patients with EVD United States responded by designating spe- at the National Institutes of Health to help cialized centers to care for patients with EVD. health care colleagues better understand All health care workers must understand the issues experienced and to help prepare them isolation processes involved in caring for if they encounter patients with EVD. these patients. Using personal protective equipment is imperative and requires adjust- Keywords: Ebola care , Ebola virus , personal http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png AACN Advanced Critical Care Wolters Kluwer Health

Ebola at the National Institutes of Health Perspectives From Critical Care Nurses

Chertow, Dan
AACN Advanced Critical Care , Volume 26 (3) – Jul 1, 2015
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© 2015 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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1559-7768
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10.1097/NCI.0000000000000103
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AACN Advanced Critical Care Volume 26 , Number 3 , pp. 262 - 267 © 2015 AACN Ebola at the National Institutes of Health Perspectives From Critical Care Nurses Susan S. Johnson, RN Neil Barranta, RN, MSN, CCRN Dan Chertow, MD, MPH ABSTRACT Infectious disease events were in the head- terns must be altered to provide safe care, lines in 2014. West Africa experienced the while maintaining safety of health care work- worst Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak ers. This article provides perspectives of the ever recorded. The world was stunned when critical care nurse manager and bedside the deadly virus began to spread to other nurse who participated in the development countries. The health care system in the of the care processes for patients with EVD United States responded by designating spe- at the National Institutes of Health to help cialized centers to care for patients with EVD. health care colleagues better understand All health care workers must understand the issues experienced and to help prepare them isolation processes involved in caring for if they encounter patients with EVD. these patients. Using personal protective equipment is imperative and requires adjust- Keywords: Ebola care , Ebola virus , personal

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AACN Advanced Critical Care – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jul 1, 2015

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