#my unit has ONE isolation room and probably at any given time 7+ flu cases. can’t turn them away can’t instanrly remodel | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

okaymeg · 23 days ago

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i am begging you people. unless you are under 3 months old, a chemo patient, or on day 6+ of having a measured fever of 100.4f or more, you should NOT be in or anywhere near the emergency room for flu symptoms. what you should be doing is being at home with a big bottle of pedialyte and tylenol and motrin

#all you are doing is getting yourself sicker #you can go in with the flu and leave with tuberculosis rsv and measles #because of the nature of the ER it is incredibly difficult to isolate everyone who needs it.#my unit has ONE isolation room and probably at any given time 7+ flu cases. can’t turn them away can’t instanrly remodel #‘that’s bad!’ you say ‘I don’t want to go to the emergency room and get more viruses!’#‘yes!’ I say ‘but you would probably not care so much about potentially getting RSV if you were in a life or death emergency’#‘which in fact is what the emergency room is for!’#nursing tag #it just grinds my gears #we all wear masks and wash our hands 90 times a day but at least once a month I get sick because I work at the germ factory #and pretty regularly I will take care of a patient who I am obviously sicker than

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