National Nursing Survey: 80% Of Hospitals Have Not Communicated An Infectious Disease Policy (6 stories)

	Nursing News - October 7, 2014 National Nursing Survey: 80% Of Hospitals Have Not Communicated An Infectious Disease Policy I've spent the last 15 years in the tech startup community and I'm currently the Founder and CEO of iPatient - an online service designed to help transform the patient-provider dialog. I'm likely to include film references and quotes as in "All of life's riddles are answered in the movies." - Read More US health providers expand their Ebola precautions Public hospitals in New York City are concerned enough about Ebola that they've secretly been sending actors with mock symptoms into emergency rooms to test how good the triage staff is at identifying and isolating possible cases. A small hospital in the Ohio countryside has hung up signs, imploring patients to let nurses know immediately if they have traveled recently to West Africa. - Read More Spaniard has Ebola in 1st infection outside Africa By The Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday denied appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin in which those states sought to prohibit same-sex marriage. The decision... By The Associated Press The Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage in 11 more states Monday, for a total of 30, when it rejected a set of appeals. - Read More Who are the American Ebola patients? As another American patient with Ebola arrives in the United States, here is a look at the American patients who have been diagnosed with this deadly virus. Ashoka Mukpo arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Monday, where he will be treated in the same biocontainment unit that helped Dr. Rick Sacra. - Read More Philadelphia schools ax teachers' contract The cash-strapped Philadelphia school district abruptly canceled its teachers' contract Monday, a bold move designed to force health care contributions and make other benefit cuts. The announcement came at a hastily-called meeting of the state-run School Reform Commission and followed nearly two years of stalled labor talks. - Read More MN Hospitals Prepared To Handle Ebola Cases Minnesota hospitals are among those around the country making sure they're prepared to handle any potential cases of Ebola. Hennepin County Medical Center already had a 4-hour Ebola preparedness drill planned before the case in Dallas surfaced last week. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network 21 Pregnancy Photos That Should Never Have Happened I'm not sure I trust these people to be parents. 19 Upsettingly Awful Portrait Tattoos. How Could They Let This Happen? Tattoos are permanent, unfortunately for these people. 22 Animals Who Got Themselves Into A REAL Pickle This Time Oh dear. This Radio Host Put Fake Eyes On Her Bike Helmet To Keep Magpies Away. It Didn't Work. I feel a little bad - but also: I laughed REALLY hard. 25 of the Fluffiest Animals You Will See On Planet Earth These animals are FLUFFY. Like...dangerously fluffy. Click here to manage your subscription settings Topix has Job listings for your town! Find Local Singles in your town! Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Copyright © 2014 Topix All rights reserved. PO Box 50097, Palo Alto, CA 94303