Complex Medicine?

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Hello. I am interviewing tomorrow for an RN job at Tampa General Hospital on the complex medicine floor. I'm not quite sure what kind of a floor it is except that they have a lot of infectious and highly contagious disease. I am a new grad and have been looking for a job for the last three months and finally have an interview. This position is not exactly what I want to do, but it's a job. I need some advice because I have a 6 month old son and am worried about working on an infectious disease floor. Obviously I've been trained to use the precautions but I still am scared about bringing something home to my family. Is there anyone in a similar situation or who works on a similar floor who could help? Thanks!

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

I work in a pediatric ICU where I'm surrounded by the most virulent of the virulent every shift. Pertussis, meningococcus, tuberculosis, H1N1, c. diff, VRE, MRSA, CMV, hepatitis... you name it and I've been immersed in it. I've been working in this environment since 1997. My son is a 25-years-and-counting liver transplant recipient. I have yet to bring anything home to him... or catch anything myself since I had pertussis in 1997. And I don't think I'm that especially cautious. If I can do it, you can do it.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I doubt they have a single floor in this hospital where they stuff all the positions with deadly contagious diseases. Perhaps it is a form of a PCU floor? Working in a hospital, it is rare not to run into some scary diseases. TB, Meningitis, Flu... you name it and you can take care of it. Follow proper protocol and your child should be more than okay.

Good luck with your interview!

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