paperbagdove245

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1. Positive TB & New Employment

   paperbagdove245 replied to paperbagdove245's topic in General Nursing

   Whatever the circumstances were for my last PPD test - whether the tears got me through it (it was read by the COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT), whether I'm a HUGE **** for sitting on it for a lousy 3 MONTHS until I was employed and I could VOLUNTEER for an...

2. Positive TB & New Employment

   paperbagdove245 replied to paperbagdove245's topic in General Nursing

   I never had a positive test. Not once. Until a COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. I said I GOT it sometime during nursing school, but was using the 3 years of not being sick to illustrate that I am not ill and will likely have a neg. cxr. THAT IS ALL. Do NOT ...

3. Positive TB & New Employment

   paperbagdove245 replied to paperbagdove245's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. Like I said before, between Friday and the 5th, a chest x-ray is totally doable. Probably not fun, because I don't have a pcp right now. I'm not on speaking terms with my last one. 3 months of repeated attacks (up to 8 hours at a time)...

4. Positive TB & New Employment

   paperbagdove245 posted a topic in General Nursing

   OK. New to this. But to sum things up... I just graduated nursing school in August. My TB test was coming up on being due, so I got it renewed then. It was probably positive. It itched like crazy, swelled up, and in a panic, I iced it like crazy...