Madchild

Thank you, Silverdragon

What is the difference between reciprocity and endorsement?? Do you need to take a test for any of these??

do you recommend any lotions??---i was told in nursing school to avoid ones that are greasy--but there aren't that many out there.

The patient was non-verbal and immobile---and I didn't notice any blood on his secretions--and when i asked the nurse about the MRSA, she said it was in his blood, i think she would have mentioned if it was in his sputum.... As for the handwashing...i'm about this close to sloughing off my skin since i took microbiology, even more since I stared clinicals last semester---

Hi everyone, I am new to the site, been reader for a bit, but just joined. I am a little worried. I am was doing clinicals this past weekend and i got a patient who was on contact precautions because he had pneumonia and they did a blood cultrue and found MRSA in his blood--he didn't have any lesions or anything...but he was coughing. Everytime i went to assess him i wore my gown and gloves and washed my hands afterward---but i didn't wear a mask.. i get nervous and forget stuff when i get nervous. I noticed that when the pt's RN and the CNA, or visitor went in, they didn't wear a mask either--the visitor didn't even wear the PPE. Even the doctor went in to the room w/o the PPE. I'm worried i might have stupidly exposed myself. I keep telling myself it may be okay, because they would have put up the droplet / airborne precaution along with the contact---but maybe i'm trying to rationalize. :innerconf I have not felt any symptoms as of yet, no chills, fever or dyspnea. I just generally feel stupid---any advice??:banghead: