PH RN with HIV chances to work in US

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Hi mga kababayan. Would just like to ask if one can still immigrate to the US from the Philippines as a nurse if one has HIV.

I had my blood undergo ELISA recently and it returned negative. But after a month or so, I had a needlestick injury while assisting for a herniorraphy in the OR. Though the chances are extremely low that I contract the virus, the possibility still crosses my mind at times.

Thing is, we are always exposed to this occupational hazard especially if you work in theatre, and as such I wondered if it truly will result to our futures turning bleak once we contract it? Or will the US permit immigrant nurses from the Philippines with HIV to work provided their viral load is managed with HAART?

Lastly, will I still be able to practice as an OR nurse? I really love being a nurse in the mininally invasive surgery unit.

Just to clarify, I dont have HIV, at least not yet. And I am praying everyday to God that He will protect us from such grim of a hazard. But if in case it does come, I want to be prepared emotionally. And as such, will that be the end of my minimally invasive surgery nursing dream in the land of the free?

Nevertheless, thank you and any insight is highly appreciated :)

PS: I plan to go to North Carolina.

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