Contracting diseases?

[Hanabna]

Are you worried about contracting a disease such as, AIDS or TB? Obviously you take the necessary precautions to keep yourself safe, but there is always that risk. How rare or common is it? I always wanted to be a neonatal nurse so I bet there is a less chance of catching something like HIV or TB because they're just babies, right?

[DoeRN]

There are some good answers listed. Just make sure you are safe and practice good handwashing and use your PPE. When I worked in the ICU several nurses would glove and gown up when we got an admit because you just never know when a doctor, lab, admitting, etc will say oh by the way so and so has MRSA or VRE.

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

There are some good answers listed. Just make sure you are safe and practice good handwashing and use your PPE. When I worked in the ICU several nurses would glove and gown up when we got an admit because you just never know when a doctor, lab, admitting, etc will say oh by the way so and so has MRSA or VRE.

Yeah, nothing like getting g-tube juice splashed in your face and finding out a couple days when you're back, "Oh, btw, Mrs. X has MRSA in her g-tube." (That happened to me, actually.)