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Hi everyone. I am an RN. I have been working in LTC for eight years now. Our DOC was gone for a year on maternity, her replacement was such a joy to work for. But now she’s back. Taking turns hauling us into the office. I was told by our temp DOC that they consider me one of the strongest nurses in the building. But our DOC actually had me crying and I had to go on a few weeks of stress leave. Yesterday one of our nurses called me crying and I realized that instead of looking for another job that we should report the DOC. But who do we report it to? The head office? I’m quite nervous about making things worse so I don’t want to make a misstep. And will they care? When I snivel that our DOC is mean?

Sorry I didn’t realize I was breaking the rules. My apologies. Thank you everyone for your input. Signing out ?

I’m in a higher risk group but I don’t know how risky. I’m on meds but not biologics. I’ve contacted Public Health for more information. I’m waiting to hear back. Our policy for people who are contagious with anything is to try to redirect them to their room, but they don’t understand and so we then have them walking the entire floor.

Hello all. I have researched like mad and am unable to find an answer to my question. I’m wondering if any of you have come across this yet. Are nurses (such as myself) who have autoimmune disease (Sjogren’s syndrome) still working the floors when they have a Covid-19 pos patient? Am I fine if I wear my PPE or do I say bye bye for now. I work in LTC and we cannot contain our residents in their rooms due to dementia. I’m def not panicked, at this point just curious. Thank you ?

I can tell you that I only lasted a few months working at an allergist’s office. It was the most boring job I’ve ever had. I gave allergy injections including bees, wasps etc. Did oral challenges and allergy testing. Spent 99% of the time standing around waiting for people I could stab. So if you have an option to get a job where there’s more to it, and you can move up go for it.

I adjusted pretty easily, but I put a lot into it. My phone is off, I use a white noise machine that plays ocean waves, an eye mask that has rims on the inside so it doesn’t press on my eyes, and my clock has a blue background so it doesn’t interfere with sleeping. I need tons of sleep. My family knows only to wake me if it’s serious. I get through the night like any other shift by finishing what must be done and then finding things to do. I also eat well on my break. My problem is that we only get one day off between groups of shifts so not enough recovery time.