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Re: Heathcare Worker Poll: What is your institution doing to prepare for H1N1 Pandemic?
Recommending that we do not use N95 masks when caring for patients... Using guidelines that are vastlty different than the CDC's posted infection control guidelines! I can't believe that the healthcare industry is not protecting us... Sent an Email to infectious disease personel to ask why our policy is different that the CDC's recommendations. I am waiting to hear back form them. What good will it do if I protect myself and all staff around me are brainwashed by media to think the pandemic is MILD and not a public health emergency that warrents stricter infection control than normal.
I spoke to the charge RN of emergency room last night, an Physicians assisstant from ER and many staff nurses in department showing them the PCAST, some read a few sentences said, "WOW where did you get that!" The physician assisstant said, "well its only effecting old people and patients with underlying conditions." When I started to share the information that I know she turned away and started looking at facebook!!!! I am so discouraged! I watch the news all channels looking for some hint of reality in the media. Why is nobody talking about the increase in deaths in the past week! I can't believe it I see long segments about musicans and awards, moviestars and how much money they make, who the movie stars are dating this week, sports, economy galore, but nothing about the family that have lost there loved one this week.
Any talk that is about the H1N1 is about the vaccine which I dout is going to work, first of all it most likely will be too late for 2nd wave, also I believe the virus will mutate shortly if not allready making vaccine useless, and I believe the vaccine is being used as a calming technique. It seems very ironic that the PCAST talked about these things (vacinne coming too late, need for two doses, not achieving immunity for 6-8wks ) demonstrating the serverity of the attack rate infectioning so many people in short time, which of course would increase the mortality due to larger control group. Then miraculously everything changes in vaccine media coverage! Only need one dose, available sooner, creates robust immune response, all of these statements come so quickley after. I don't trust it, I feel like powers that be are using propaganda to stop, prevent, and quel panic. I makes me upset, because in them doing this, they are accually creating large populations of victims unable to make educated decisions base in reality!
I have been trying to do my part. I carry the PCAST, MMWR articles, CDC situation updates, and press briefings from WHO/CDC in my bag. I show the facts to my peers that act interested or openminded. I work in a different place everynight because my position is based on acuity so on different floor every shift sometime twice a night I get moved. Everyone I work with knows I am interested in H1N1 pandemic and there are friendly jokes about my obsession in collecting data. I hope I have done some good in the world by educating the people I come into contact with. I am not looking foward to being right about this coming fall because I am invisioning a hospital with too many patients, overworked staff, boarding patients in hallway (which is normal for regular season), sick calls, and the look on peoples faces when they realize we could have planed this situation better if information was shared with them at earlier date.
I have emailed, WHO, CDC, DPH, nurse manager, infection control and feel useless/powerless to make any changes to lack of information given to hospital staff at major Boston hopital I work at........ I am only a staff nurse with out the positon of management people wont listen.
Recommending that we do not use N95 masks when caring for patients... Using guidelines that are vastlty different than the CDC's posted infection control guidelines! I can't believe that the healthcare industry is not protecting us... Sent an Email to infectious disease personel to ask why our policy is different that the CDC's recommendations. I am waiting to hear back form them. What good will it do if I protect myself and all staff around me are brainwashed by media to think the pandemic is MILD and not a public health emergency that warrents stricter infection control than normal.
I spoke to the charge RN of emergency room last night, an Physicians assisstant from ER and many staff nurses in department showing them the PCAST, some read a few sentences said, "WOW where did you get that!" The physician assisstant said, "well its only effecting old people and patients with underlying conditions." When I started to share the information that I know she turned away and started looking at facebook!!!! I am so discouraged! I watch the news all channels looking for some hint of reality in the media. Why is nobody talking about the increase in deaths in the past week! I can't believe it I see long segments about musicans and awards, moviestars and how much money they make, who the movie stars are dating this week, sports, economy galore, but nothing about the family that have lost there loved one this week.
Any talk that is about the H1N1 is about the vaccine which I dout is going to work, first of all it most likely will be too late for 2nd wave, also I believe the virus will mutate shortly if not allready making vaccine useless, and I believe the vaccine is being used as a calming technique. It seems very ironic that the PCAST talked about these things (vacinne coming too late, need for two doses, not achieving immunity for 6-8wks ) demonstrating the serverity of the attack rate infectioning so many people in short time, which of course would increase the mortality due to larger control group. Then miraculously everything changes in vaccine media coverage! Only need one dose, available sooner, creates robust immune response, all of these statements come so quickley after. I don't trust it, I feel like powers that be are using propaganda to stop, prevent, and quel panic. I makes me upset, because in them doing this, they are accually creating large populations of victims unable to make educated decisions base in reality!
I have been trying to do my part. I carry the PCAST, MMWR articles, CDC situation updates, and press briefings from WHO/CDC in my bag. I show the facts to my peers that act interested or openminded. I work in a different place everynight because my position is based on acuity so on different floor every shift sometime twice a night I get moved. Everyone I work with knows I am interested in H1N1 pandemic and there are friendly jokes about my obsession in collecting data. I hope I have done some good in the world by educating the people I come into contact with. I am not looking foward to being right about this coming fall because I am invisioning a hospital with too many patients, overworked staff, boarding patients in hallway (which is normal for regular season), sick calls, and the look on peoples faces when they realize we could have planed this situation better if information was shared with them at earlier date.
I have emailed, WHO, CDC, DPH, nurse manager, infection control and feel useless/powerless to make any changes to lack of information given to hospital staff at major Boston hopital I work at........ I am only a staff nurse with out the positon of management people wont listen.
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