I am personally aware of the havoc and TOTAL loss of jobs that the UAW wrought upon New Stanton (I live in Westmoreland County); and growing up it was obvious the USW was killng the American steel industry w/out of control wages/contracts. For the most part I see the problems powerful unions bring today (SEIU!) but, in this instance, I cannot think that anyone nurse would risk their license to call out the malfeasance that seems to have happened between the CDC and Dallas Presbyterian.
Trash piled up to the ceiling? Maybe NOT the ceiling, but if housekeeping isnt on Level 4 infection control (remember Freidan said EVERY hospital here is “ready for Ebola”) then what happens? It piles up til the protocol is determined on HOW to safely remove. Again, would one rogue nurse take to the media and be heard? Would that nurse be hired again? Keep her license? But, in THIS CASE an organized nurses Union can do MORE to call out the failures of the system (and I place blame at both the hospital and CDC) and instigate changes in the protocols.
My husband watched Megyn Kelly tonight. He was STUNNED that Freidan said HAIR/NECK coverings were unnecessary. Think about that....thats the type of issue reps of the nurses (again, their union) IS SCREAMING about.
Nurses, I have found are almost exclusively patient advocates, in this deadly situation, they NEED organized advocates.
I was thinking about the hair issue....as a male, if we have an ebola outbreak....I’ll shave my head short and wear head caps. I saw pictures of the European nurses and cdc folks wearing head to toe coverings.