I'm a nurse and I took the Nightingale Pledge.

[magical thyme]

8. I presume that means that after you cared for Mr. Duncan, you refused orders

to go care for other patients in the hospital, possibly carrying even a micron of infectious body fluid to an immunocompromised patient. Correct?

And that as a result, you were fired after you refused to care for other patients after leaving Mr. Duncan's room?

And I also presume that when you were told to self monitor and report any fever, you did so. And that when you were assured that your 99.4F temp was not a symptom of Ebola so not to worry, you figured you know more than the state authorities you were reporting to and turned yourself in immediately to the ED, correct?

I understand your point. I also understand that the nurses involved were given very mixed messages about the risks involved and were working in horrendous conditions. They were provided with totally inadequate PPEs for days, required to care for other patients in the hospitals after leaving Mr. Duncan's room, collecting specimens and sending them through the pipeline without any special precautions thereby potentially contaminated other patient specimen containers, and more.