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hello

can a person work as a nurse in the US, Europe and Canada if he has std?

i hope you can answer my question.

thank you.:specs:

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Specializes in CVICU.

In the U.S., I don't see why not - unless you plan on having sex with your patients. Otherwise you oughta be okay. (Obligatory Universal Precautions reference here.)

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

I suggest you (or whoever) get treated for it 1st.

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Specializes in 11 years oncology, 8 years ICU.

I agree with kerrigan...makes sense to me. No discrimination against nurses with hepatitis, hiv, universal reversed precautions...and no sex..heheheh

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

A little more information please. Are you asking medical advice? Career advice or just curious?

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A proper question is if a person with STD would be allowed to migrate to those countries? It depends on the disease and on each country.

Hepatitis and immigration to US:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f75/nurse-w-hep-c-immigrant-petition-us-pls-help-262344.html

HIV and Immigration to US:

http://www.thebody.com/index/legal/immigration.html#migrants

http://www.healthdev.org/eforums/cms/showMessage.asp?msgid=11370

HIV and traveling to the US:

Gay rights advocates have long opposed a 1993 federal law that strictly restricts travel and immigration to the U.S. by HIV-positive people, arguing it's discriminatory. Foreigners with the virus can obtain visas only after receiving a waiver from the Homeland Security Department in a cumbersome process that requires approval from DHS headquarters

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR2007121100144.html

*US also has a standing rule not to admit drug addicts and former drug users (no matter how long it was).

*Former Australian PM Howard also pushed for banning of HIV positives to migrate to Australia before - not sure how it went.

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thank you for your replies.

hehehe, other than professional relationship with your patient is i guess unethical right?

this is out of curiosity, i want to know if he has any opportunities in working abroad.

thank you all :bow:

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thank you for your replies.

hehehe, other than professional relationship with your patient is i guess unethical right?

this is out of curiosity, i want to know if he has any opportunities in working abroad.

thank you all :bow:

It has little to do with ethics. The main reason why HIV(+)s, drug users and addicts aren't generally allowed to migrate is that it will be a burden to their public health system and to their Gov't's public system in general. It doesn't even have anything to do on working.

Remember, even just traveling to the US (for HIV positives) would need a special waiver from the Dept. of Homeland Security to just get in whatever the reason of the visit and as one poster said above that some employers allow it. If the person isn't already a green card holder or a US Citizen and will be migrating through employment then it is not allowed per Federal Law as quoted above. Diseases such as Hepatitis B and C is not part of that law and as stated from one of the links it is not a hindrance to migrate per se. Finding an employer to employ one is a case to case basis.

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hi

i see.

everyone has his own point; laws are laws and they're ought to be obeyed/followed.

thank you for that information.

ive learned something new today.:specs:

zeb

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