MaineRn1230

So at my nursing home they are telling us that we can't use a mask unless a patient has a positive Covid test or has a test pending. We can't even wear a simple surgical mask. Meanwhile I am high risk and my doctor's office is telling me "Because half of all people will never show symptoms, you have to assume everyone you interact with has it and take precautions with everyone." I have been toying with the idea of remote work for a while, and this is probably the thing that will get me to take the leap... but have you guys noticed that a ton of the remote nursing jobs have disappeared in the past month? Anthem in particular is really drying up, and I am wondering if that is because they are expecting to get hit hard with medical claims... I just want to say I fully support any nurse who decides to leave their jobs to protect their life or their family. Nothing else matters more.

Does anyone know if there are any recommendations for how to manage healthcare workers who are immunocompromised during this covid-19 pandemic? I am a nurse in a long term care facility and the management has decided to designate my unit as "Covid-19 central"and plans to cohort all positive and suspected positive cases on my unit. I am immunocompromised because I have several chronic diseases, including respiratory disease. There are also several healthcare workers at my facility who are in the over 60 age group, putting them at increased risk as well. We are a large facility and there are definitely enough staff to make accommodations for the staff members most at risk (older, sicker, pregnant, etc) although I am sure it would not be a staff satisfier. Is there any guidance on what these healthcare workers should do? I have been told the fatality rate for persons such as myself is 1 in 10. My doctor says I should not care for covid-19 positive patients, but so far administration has not been interested in discussing the topic. What is everyone else seeing and/or doing with this?