Allison Applegate

Thanks. I ended up letting them know I will not work until I know he is negative because I feel it potentially exposes our patients to an unnecessary risk. My boss was pretty condescending about it, basically said OK but I don't understand the guidelines. But I feel comfortable with the decision I made.

My boyfriend has mild symptoms (cough, fever, body aches). I am glad he was able to be tested. I work in geriatrics (home health). I need to know he is negative before I see my patients, because if he's positive and I've been in direct contact with him, I could transmit to my patients. My work is saying for me to come to work anyways, but I think I'm going to refuse to work until he gets his results, for the safety of my patients.

I live with my boyfriend. Yesterday he developed a cough which I assumed was just allergies. Told him to take some Claritin didn't think too much of it since he hasn't been out of the house much or anything like that. Overnight he developed a fever and he's currently at home with a fever. He called the health department this morning and they told him to come get tested for Coronavirus. I notified my boss because my understanding was that CDC guidelines would require the whole household to quarantine until we have a negative result. She said I was fine to work anyway but they would pull me out of the field if his result was positive. Does this sound safe? It terrifies me because I'm a Home Health nurse and some of these patients would have a terrible prognosis if exposed. I mean hopefully he is negative but I just wondered if this sound is in line with what other Home Health agencies or hospitals or clinics or whatever we're doing?