EDScrubLife77

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1. States are reopening. As a nurse who takes care of COVID, how do you personally feel about going out and seeing people?

   EDScrubLife77 posted a topic in COVID

   I can’t figure out how to change my handle, but I’ve now been a nurse for 4 years, and I’m the ED for 2. I of course see positive COVID patients, but I always wear the proper PPE, don and doffing appropriately, change out of my scrubs at work, and sh...

2. Scabies patient

   EDScrubLife77 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I’ve worked in an ER as an RN for about a year. I had a patient come in today with a weird generalized rash. At times, we are a little relaxed about PPE. I know I never touched her directly without gloves, but I definitely put a blood pressure cuf...

3. Needlestick Injury Advice

   EDScrubLife77 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a brand new nurse. Last weekend at work, I got stuck while injecting heparin into a patient. The patient had no known history of HIV, hepatitis B or C. However, the patient would not consent to having her blood drawn. Therefore, I have to get blo...