title: Moving forward: lessons from unplanned change.
abstract: The article focuses on the concept of unplanned change in a large tertiary facility in Texas related to the 1st Ebola patient to be diagnosed in the United States. The chief nurse executive relates the general reactions, impacts, and challenges faced in this unprecedented event.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Chief Nursing Officer, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow.
authors.forename: Cole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edmonson
mesh_terms: D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States