Jory where the hell where you doing compressions splashing blood around that you couldn't grab a pair of gloves? If you say battlefield I'll understand, but I've worked ICU and ED my whole career and...
The 2 other pregnant nurses I work with in ICU have taken personal leaves, as our unit is covid territory. I also float to the ED, but even feel safer there somehow, because I'm not "submerged" or...
Especially being pregnant, if I worked for a facility that would discard me for needing to protect myself or didn't have teammates to cover me like we have all done for one another, they could have my...
A 31 year old woman with no known medical history died today, she lived in my neighborhood. Young, healthy, mother. 86% mortality rate in covid patients intubated last I heard. I'm pregnant with a 2...
My units are providing scrubs to change into that we leave there. I change my shoes at my trunk, use "purple top" wipes on my badge and vocera clip, cell phone, keys, anything I'm leaving out of the...
I was actually going to ask this same thing. I work in the ED and 3 of our nurses are positive. Only one girl I work with so far has said her kids are staying with her mother until further notice. I...