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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are a nurse, go work for the hmo's, become a case worker, get into admin[/quote]

I’m confused about why you think working for a different health group means no patient contact?

And as an aside, most nurses (or rather many nurses) don’t go into the profession wanting to do admin. They actually WANT to do client care. If they are approaching their career as they should, they’re not really at that much increased risk for infection. [/quote]

I'm an RN at a hospital working with a very wide range of patients and am exposed to all sorts of nasty germs on a daily basis.  throughout my career, I have worked with many immunocompromised nurses.  Depending on what the issue is, some have to not take certain patient assignments but none have had to quit their jobs completely.  When I worked in the ED, I knew a couple of nurses who ended up moving to a different floor when they were going through some health issues because you are more likely to get exposed to diseases before you realize you need to take enhanced precautions.  But they certainly didn't have to give up their career.

It sounds like the issue is the person is more in the "works in the ED, refuses to work in any other department" category.  That's just a selfish move if it puts their spouse at risk.  [/quote]

But certainly you understand the infection risk for those nurses, or the infection risk to their families are two different things?

Every facility I’ve worked in, triage is the most “dangerous”, but also less dangerous due to how the set up is (open are, etc.). I have seen some triage folks move to trauma or something similar when medical need dictated, but I think that’s actually relatively rare.

I agree... if your spouses health is so tenuous, you need to give up your career.. well, you need to be home with them anyway, or they need therapy for health anxiety (and may also need you home with them as a support).

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