Her lingering symptoms is at the very least anxiety, but, more likely is also PTSD. It not unusual to have more than one psychological diagnosis after severe trauma.
She was facing down death and that is about as severe as trauma gets. Additionally, this occurred at her place of work where she believed she was in control of her safety within her practice.
This trauma in her life directly attacked everything she believed about her life and safety. She can't help the fact she has become paranoid and fearful. It was sudden, very real and completely out of the blue.
Her employer didn't have at hand the type of equipment she needed in her practice. That is a company policy. There were other staff exposed unwittingly. This was not a unique circumstance, this could have been far more ranging. The invasion of authority was everywhere. Her privacy was gone, her apartment and even her pet dog had authorities take control of them. That is really scarey, especially in Texas where the culture brags about liberty and freedom and self-sufficiency.
She is probably damaged for life. She did not volunteer for a dangerous job in Africa. Her employer is not blameless. The patient involved died because of the mistakes of her employer. She thought she was going to be next.
A Texas court could throw it all out and say too bad, she is alive and the virus was never a problem for them before. That is what is so cruel about the states in this country that have scaled back more and more tort laws that protect citizens from exploitation by their employers.
The hospital system should have an infection control office where RISK MANAGEMENT includes deadly disease that has not yet visited their patient population. There should have been a protocol. There were hospitals prepared to carry out this type of exposure.
There is some assessment that needs to be carried out to determine if the working environment was well staffed. If the staffing ratios were poor the staff was stressed and pushing their boundaries to get the work done. I am confident there was sufficient pressure from her employer to deliver a high productive rate in treating patients.
If a hospital system is to be responsible for patients they have to adequately staff the care of those patients AND that staff should not be faced with 'burn out' either. In this case there is not only burn out of a well qualified nurse, but, trauma that has scared her for life.
I wish her well and I am sure her celebrity status is a problem for her as well.
The attention at the center of an emergency in the USA was nothing she planned for or pursued.
I wish her well.
Ebola nurse Nina Pham with her dog Bentley at a Dallas park. Pham filed a
lawsuit Monday against Texas Health Resources, which owns Texas Health
Presbyterian Dallas, alleging that lack of training and lack of proper
protection caused her to get Ebola. She also alleges that THR invaded
her privacy by releasing information to the public about her medical
condition, including by shooting a video of her in her hospital bed.
March 2, 2015
By Jennifer Emily
Nurse Nina Pham, (click here) who contracted Ebola while caring for a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, filed a lawsuit Monday in Dallas County against the hospital’s parent company, Texas Health Resources.
The lawsuit alleges that while she became the American face of the fight against the disease, the hospital’s lack of training and proper equipment and violations of her privacy made her “a symbol of corporate neglect — a casualty of a hospital system’s failure to prepare for a known and impending medical crisis.”...
She was facing down death and that is about as severe as trauma gets. Additionally, this occurred at her place of work where she believed she was in control of her safety within her practice.
This trauma in her life directly attacked everything she believed about her life and safety. She can't help the fact she has become paranoid and fearful. It was sudden, very real and completely out of the blue.
Her employer didn't have at hand the type of equipment she needed in her practice. That is a company policy. There were other staff exposed unwittingly. This was not a unique circumstance, this could have been far more ranging. The invasion of authority was everywhere. Her privacy was gone, her apartment and even her pet dog had authorities take control of them. That is really scarey, especially in Texas where the culture brags about liberty and freedom and self-sufficiency.
She is probably damaged for life. She did not volunteer for a dangerous job in Africa. Her employer is not blameless. The patient involved died because of the mistakes of her employer. She thought she was going to be next.
A Texas court could throw it all out and say too bad, she is alive and the virus was never a problem for them before. That is what is so cruel about the states in this country that have scaled back more and more tort laws that protect citizens from exploitation by their employers.
The hospital system should have an infection control office where RISK MANAGEMENT includes deadly disease that has not yet visited their patient population. There should have been a protocol. There were hospitals prepared to carry out this type of exposure.
There is some assessment that needs to be carried out to determine if the working environment was well staffed. If the staffing ratios were poor the staff was stressed and pushing their boundaries to get the work done. I am confident there was sufficient pressure from her employer to deliver a high productive rate in treating patients.
If a hospital system is to be responsible for patients they have to adequately staff the care of those patients AND that staff should not be faced with 'burn out' either. In this case there is not only burn out of a well qualified nurse, but, trauma that has scared her for life.
I wish her well and I am sure her celebrity status is a problem for her as well.
The attention at the center of an emergency in the USA was nothing she planned for or pursued.
I wish her well.
Ebola nurse Nina Pham with her dog Bentley at a Dallas park. Pham filed a
lawsuit Monday against Texas Health Resources, which owns Texas Health
Presbyterian Dallas, alleging that lack of training and lack of proper
protection caused her to get Ebola. She also alleges that THR invaded
her privacy by releasing information to the public about her medical
condition, including by shooting a video of her in her hospital bed. March 2, 2015
By Jennifer Emily
Nurse Nina Pham, (click here) who contracted Ebola while caring for a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, filed a lawsuit Monday in Dallas County against the hospital’s parent company, Texas Health Resources.
The lawsuit alleges that while she became the American face of the fight against the disease, the hospital’s lack of training and proper equipment and violations of her privacy made her “a symbol of corporate neglect — a casualty of a hospital system’s failure to prepare for a known and impending medical crisis.”...
