I am 10 weeks pregnant and trying to wait till 2nd trimester to announce my pregnancy. I continue to take care of pts with MRSA VRE C-diff, I seldom refuse to help to pull a patient unless they are very obese. I try my best not to be treated differently just because I am pregnant.
I emailed my director and supervisors and request not to work on the oncology floor. After two weeks I received an email back stating that the only thing they can promise is that I will not be assigned to a patient actively receiving chemo (well, thanks for the big favor!) . Last week, I was assigned on the oncology floor with a TB patient. When I ask the supervisor whether I can take care of such patient, she said "well, I guess, it should be fine"(Will she be so ambiguous if she is pregnant?). I called my OB doctor and was told that someone else should take that assignment.
Just want to vent that you have to stand up for yourself. Management only cares about numbers, they don't give a ** about you.
