National Nurses United: Nurse’s Toolkit | National Nurses United

Nurses across the country are telling President Obama: Our nation’s hospitals are not ready for Ebola. 

National Nurses United – the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in the U.S. with 185,000 members — calls for all hospitals to have in place the highest standard of optimal protections to protect all hospital personnel who confront Ebola.

• Frontline hospital workers must have the highest level of protective equipment, such as Hazmat suits used by the Nebraska Medical Center personnel who treat patients with Ebola.

• Frontline hospitals workers must have ongoing, interactive education and hands-on training with the ability to ask questions. Additionally, they should have training that includes drills with other hospital personnel, including practicing donning and doffing of appropriate HazMat suits and other personal protective equipment (PPE).

http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/pages/nnu-nurses-toolkit