golfdiva

I hear you! But I'm not sure there is much you can do, other than show up when you're not sick and do your best job. If you are generally a good nurses and otherwise don't miss much work, you will be respected and people will understand when you get a run of health issues. If I feel I can control spreading germs by wearing a face mask, and am able to preform at least minimally my tasks safely I come to work. Otherwise I stay home. FYI, on my very first nursing job I made it through 3 days of orientation then got so sick I had to call in the next two days!

Hi! I have work at in long term care for the last 6 years (actually love it!). Recently the facility I work in has decided the residents will don their TED hose at bedtime and remove them in the morning. This is counterintuitive to me. It's supposedly to avoid blood clots. None of the residents have issues with blood clots. All of them are up during the day - some in wheelchairs some ambulatory. All of them go to bed at night. Does this make sense to anyone else? Thanks for your input!