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1. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

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   That's what I figured : ) I just had another nurse say otherwise so it made me second guess myself.

2. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

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   I had a form saying I was clear to wear one but it was obviously not correct size. Hopefully I won't get the flu! Thankfully I got my flu shot and feel like I'm pretty healthy : ) and no I'm not worried about hiv because there was no bloody saliva/se...

3. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

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   Ok the mask was just too large because it was slipping off and thanks for the help and thanks to those of you for making fun...makes me feel so much better...

4. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

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   Thank you for your comments. I honestly knew that you can't get it droplet but I'm a new nurse and tend to worry about everything and since I made a mistake with the mask I just got paranoid about the flu and hiv. I brushed up on my education too. I ...

5. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

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   Do you think the n95 mask is more so for his protection? Because I've always just wore a regular mask for flu patients

6. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

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   I thought we put them in isolation for their own protection

7. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford replied to ssoxford's topic in Safety

   Blood, seceretions but was told if they cough you can't get it through that way.

8. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

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   So the other day I had a patient with hiv who was there for the flu. He was on droplet precautions but for some reason I was told to wear an n95 mask. He has no history of tb. Why would I need an n95 mask? Another concern is I realized I was wearing ...