FrenchieGirl
Senior Moderator
RNs to Hold National Conference Call for Nurses on Ebola Wednesday
You may listen in to the call via webcast, at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/731/6167 or via phone, from U.S. or Canada, 1-877-384-4190 or international, 1-857-244-7412. Participant Code 26306511. (Please register in advance at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/731/6167)
On the call, for which more than 4,000 RNs have signed up to call in with the opportunity to ask questions, discussion will include what their hospital is doing or not doing to prepare for Ebola to improve safety for patients, nurses and other hospital personnel, and the communities they serve.
As of Tuesday morning, 2,300 RNs at more 780 facilities in 46 states and the District of Columbia have responded to the NNU national survey.
Current findings show:
85 percent say their hospital has not provided education on Ebola with the ability for the nurses to interact and ask questions ? a percentage that remains largely unchanged
40 percent say their hospital has insufficient current supplies of eye protection (face shields or side shields with goggles) for daily use on their unit;
38 percent say there are insufficient supplies of fluid resistant/impermeable gowns in their hospital ? both numbers are increasing as more survey results come in
41 percent say their hospital does not have plans to equip isolation rooms with plastic covered mattresses and pillows and discard all linens after use; only 8 percent said they were aware their hospital does have such a plan in place
You may listen in to the call via webcast, at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/731/6167 or via phone, from U.S. or Canada, 1-877-384-4190 or international, 1-857-244-7412. Participant Code 26306511. (Please register in advance at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/731/6167)
On the call, for which more than 4,000 RNs have signed up to call in with the opportunity to ask questions, discussion will include what their hospital is doing or not doing to prepare for Ebola to improve safety for patients, nurses and other hospital personnel, and the communities they serve.
As of Tuesday morning, 2,300 RNs at more 780 facilities in 46 states and the District of Columbia have responded to the NNU national survey.
Current findings show:
85 percent say their hospital has not provided education on Ebola with the ability for the nurses to interact and ask questions ? a percentage that remains largely unchanged
40 percent say their hospital has insufficient current supplies of eye protection (face shields or side shields with goggles) for daily use on their unit;
38 percent say there are insufficient supplies of fluid resistant/impermeable gowns in their hospital ? both numbers are increasing as more survey results come in
41 percent say their hospital does not have plans to equip isolation rooms with plastic covered mattresses and pillows and discard all linens after use; only 8 percent said they were aware their hospital does have such a plan in place