I have strep =0(

Simplepleasures · Feb 29, 2008

You cant. Just stay home and take care of yourself, let your employer worry about your replacement, that's not your responsibility.Have a hot toddy and go to bed.:heartbeat After the ten hours in the clinic that is.....

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Feb 29, 2008

What Ingelein said.

jessiern, BSN, RN · Feb 29, 2008

I was there last week! Had flu on the top of it

Get better, and get plenty of rest. Feel better soon :icon_hug:

suzy253, RN · Feb 29, 2008

Oh dear.....there are so many bugs going around out there.

Hope you feel better soon! Take good care of yourself!

Valerie Salva, BSN, RN · Mar 1, 2008

Thanks, all.

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Mar 1, 2008

Don't forget to bring yourself some nice hot drink to sip on while you're waiting at the clinic....and the box of Kleenex....and an extra dose of Tylenol....

Hope you're feeling better soon, and believe me, no one will mind that you don't share your strep.

vamedic4, EMT-P · Mar 1, 2008

Don't forget to bring yourself some nice hot drink to sip on while you're waiting at the clinic....and the box of Kleenex....and an extra dose of Tylenol....
Hope you're feeling better soon, and believe me, no one will mind that you don't share your strep.

Don't forget your antibacterial hand gel, either.

Hope you get well soon...but don't rush it. Your health isn't worth the worry about your job.

Have a better day today.

tsalagicara · Mar 1, 2008

Ugh, I totally feel your pain!! I hope you're feeling better by now. I, too, came down with strep throat a few days ago and have the scarlet fever rash to go with it. Yaay! The antibiotics are finally starting to work and I am feeling a little better, but not out of the woods yet. Just rest and take it as easy as possible. You can't take good care of someone else without taking care of yourself first. Even though it probably doesn't feel like it, there is an end to the excruciatingly sore throat. Get well soon! :nurse:

Tweety, BSN, RN · Mar 1, 2008

Yep, take care of yourself. You might be feeling better when the abx kick in, so just wait and see. But don't worry about them, worry about you.

crb613, BSN, RN · Mar 1, 2008

I am sure you know this but just a reminder.....don't forget to get a new toothbrush!

queenjean · Mar 1, 2008

Here's my tip of the day. To save myself money and the doctor's office time, if I really think I or my kids have strep, I don't call and ask for an appointment. I call and ask if I can bring my kids in (or come to the lab) for a throat culture. Usually you can get in within an hour or two for that. They run the quick screen and typically if you really have strep, it's positive and when your doc's office calls you back with the results in a couple of hours, they also call in your abx to your pharmacy. All without a visit.

If the quick screen is negative, then you have to ask to talk to the office nurse and plead your case--but I have all these symptoms, and my ears hurt, I work in the hospital and get exposed to this, etc, etc. Sometimes they'll say, oh, okay, we'll go ahead and call something in for you. Sometimes they want to wait for the culture or insist on seeing you in the office.

But most of the time, the gamble works. Actually, it as worked every time for me. Only once did one of my kids' quick strep screens come back negative and later grow positive. When I worked in a doctor's office, we LOVED it when people did this--saved our precious few open appointments for people who couldn't be diagnosed over the phone, the pt still got their strep screen, the nurse got a look at the pt (I'd just always go ahead and listen to the lungs, feel on the throat, and look at ears, too, so I could give a complete assessment to the doc or NP), and in all likelihood, the pt gets the med they need without having to wait in the waiting room for several hours.

Good luck.