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A Perspective from Nurses in the United States

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM

Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN , Executive Office, President, American Nurses Association, Silver Spring, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Nurses as front line caregivers are often the guardians and detectors of public health threats. When two registered nurses became infected with EBV while caring for an infected patient from Liberia, the US was galvanized to revisit authoritative guidelines for worker protection, system preparedness, education and communication with the public. The American Nurses Association (ANA) plays a key role in educating healthcare providers as well as the public, and advising government agencies on the evidence based interventions needed to keep patients and workers safe in the face of a public health threat. Retrospective and prospective approaches for responding to issues that compromise pubic trust and require unified action across the healthcare community will be discussed.

Learning Areas:

Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Describe the events that led to widespread fear and resulting actions across the US that clouded scientific based decisions to address the public health issues of EBV. Discuss Nursing’s response to issues faced in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, federal and state agencies’ decisions, and the interprofessional actions to address these concerns.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As a registered nurse and leader of the American Nurses Association I have been engaged with the Centers for Disease Control and other officials in agencies of Health and Human Services to educate nurses, other health care providers and the public about Ebola Virus Disease, measures to control the disease, prevent worker infection, and advise on policy issues.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
Janssen, GSK (GlaxoSmithKlein), Pfizer, Dupont Consultant & Researcher Spouse (Ronald Turner, MD)

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 3108.1: Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic (cosponsored by the Black Caucus)