Texas will allow all but "high-risk" health care workers returning from Ebola-stricken areas to self-quarantine, Gov. Rick Perry announced Tuesday, less than a week after employing the strategy with a nurse who recently cared for patients in West Africa. The guidelines, recommended by the blue-ribbon task force Perry created after the nation's first case of Ebola was diagnosed in Dallas, set forth nuanced "exposure" categories. They call for the issuance of a state-enforced control order requiring that a symptom-free returning worker stay home for 21 days only if the worker had particularly risky, direct contact with the virus.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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