09-30-2021, 08:42 AM
Nurses in critical care wards, cardiac, covid only wards etc are rapid antigen tested daily and nasal swabbed weekly so unvaccinated or vaccinated you would be very unlucky to to be infected by those Nurses. As far as I know declaring your vaccination status hasnt been deemed necessary by Hospital Management at this stage but they could wear black uniforms with a Grim Reaper symbol , you wouldnt miss them that way.
Daytime Ward administrators determine decision making with regards Nurses and Patients so they would make a call on changing Nurses if a patient made such a request. After hours it would be the Senior in Charge RN....
Ed's are full of nasties....most ED nurses are getting blood tests for HepC and the like etc every month from Blood Splatters , needle stick injuries from dealing with Meth Addicts, Crack Heads, etc and you get the odd nutter on the wards who wants to pull his Canula out and splatter you with it because the horrible nurse wants him to take his meds or do his obs and he was playing with himself and wants to finish his business...CoVid is just another nasty to add to the list for nurses, just chuck on your PPE and hope it does its job for you and the patients.
Daytime Ward administrators determine decision making with regards Nurses and Patients so they would make a call on changing Nurses if a patient made such a request. After hours it would be the Senior in Charge RN....
Ed's are full of nasties....most ED nurses are getting blood tests for HepC and the like etc every month from Blood Splatters , needle stick injuries from dealing with Meth Addicts, Crack Heads, etc and you get the odd nutter on the wards who wants to pull his Canula out and splatter you with it because the horrible nurse wants him to take his meds or do his obs and he was playing with himself and wants to finish his business...CoVid is just another nasty to add to the list for nurses, just chuck on your PPE and hope it does its job for you and the patients.