First of all I am HIV NEGATIVE. I have the papers, got tested last week, My papers regarding My HIV stats are required so I am able to do some amateur cage fighting (LOL @ myself as an 40 hr q week LVN NOC Shifter who does amateur cage fighting q 3 - 4 months)
Please understand that I only worked LVN for 1 year and still learning my nursing skills and I have limited knowlegde regarding HIV/AIDS though I read my nursing text books on that topic
Here is my Fake Scenario. Hypothetical Q
There is a nurse who works at a hospital. She is a "sex addict" and goes around comes around during her day/night off's. Going to bars/clubs and if the flirtatious conversation goes well, she goes and sleeps with some random guy. Although her sex partners uses condom, she still gets unlucky and gets infected. Then out of the blue she decides to get HIV test get her blood drawn. The test results becomes positive...
As a health care provider, A nurse who gets recently dx with HIV+, does she lose her nursing license? Is a HIV+ nurse putting patient a small risk of getting infected by accidental needle sticks or accidental coughing blood droplets (if HIV opportunistic disease worsens) Or AIDS dementia sets in
I just got the idea since and forgive me that I am a guy who gets surrounded by estrogen filled CNA's and Nurses and working with pretty female nurses and I cant help my male brain to think "what if she acts like a good girl nurse during on duty, but off duty shes actually a nympho/a cheating wife?":lol2:
I think the entire post was inappropriate - and I do admit to checking out this guy's profile and I'm still wondering why anyone would plan on losing their license??
Interesting post. No you cant get fired. Why should your employer ever find out. Its none of their business. Its discrimination if they fire you. As long as you maintain universal precautions caring for people is fine. Besides its not like you would want to be working at the bedside if you were immunocomprimised from getting sick or the HIV/AIDS was getting worse....god forbid you have AIDS dementia and are still working at bedside? Be a floozy all you want, but universal precautions remain the same. Lol
Specializes in Float Pool-Med-Surg, Telemetry, IMCU.
You just never know where your mind will go when working in close proximity to those "estrogen-filled CNAs and nurses"! FYI: the trajectory of those thoughts is a wee disturbing...just sayin'
I think the entire post was inappropriate - and I do admit to checking out this guy's profile and I'm still wondering why anyone would plan on losing their license??
discriminatory practices under these laws also include:
harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, or age;
retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices;
employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a certain sex, race, age, religion, or ethnic group, or individuals with disabilities, or based on myths or assumptions about an individual's genetic information; and
denying employment opportunities to a person because of marriage to, or association with, an individual of a particular race, religion, national origin, or an individual with a disability. title vii also prohibits discrimination because of participation in schools or places of worship associated with a particular racial, ethnic, or religious group.
2. q: are people with hiv or aids protected by the ada?
a: yes. an individual is considered to have a "disability"if he or she has a physical or mental impairment thatsubstantially limits one or more major life activities, has arecord of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such animpairment. persons with hiv disease, both symptomatic andasymptomatic, have physical impairments that substantially limitone or more major life activities and are, therefore, protectedby the law.persons who are discriminated against because they are regardedas being hiv-positive are also protected. for example, a personwho was fired on the basis of a rumor that he had aids, even ifhe did not, would be protected by the law.moreover, the ada protects persons who are discriminated againstbecause they have a known association or relationship with anindividual who is hiv-positive. for example, the ada wouldprotect an hiv-negative woman who was denied a job because herroommate had aids.
these laws are required to be posted in a public place in your place of employment.
punkydoodlesRN, BSN, RN
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I think the entire post was inappropriate - and I do admit to checking out this guy's profile and I'm still wondering why anyone would plan on losing their license??