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mermaid_rn, do you mind if I ask what specialty you're interviewing for? Best of luck!!

Any AGACNP/AGCNS people have updates?! I interviewed on the first round in December and I was told that decisions would be made by early February. I'm going nuts!

Hi guys, I'm exploring various specialties and I'm particularly interested in NICU nursing, but I don't know if it's a setting that I'd want to be forever. There are so many fields and I want to explore many of them :) My question is, if I'm able to land a job in the NICU, since it's such a specialized setting would it be difficult to switch to another specialty? Say, emergency nursing or another type of ICU? Any input is much appreciated, thanks!

Thanks guys!

Hello, nurses! I am a student nurse about to enter my final semester of an ADN program. I have a question about HIV transmission in the health care setting (it's pretty specific and I'm sorry if it's a dumb one). We had the opportunity to have a share day with a nurse in the ER, and I worked with a gentleman who had thrombocytopenic purpura as a result of HIV on his bilateral lower extremities. Without a gloved hand, I touched his lower legs where the purpura were under the instruction of the nurse so I could see how they were slightly raised. I washed my hands immediately afterward, but I had a small papercut on one of my fingers. I understand that HIV is by no stretch of the imagination an ailment that needs contact precautions, but since the purpura was the result of pinpoint hemorrhages, do you think I've exposed myself? Sorry again if this is a stupid question, and thanks!