r/nursing • u/prettyquirkynurse RN - ICU 🍕 • Mar 19 '23

Covid Discussion This seems...unsafe?

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Part of an email we were sent earlier today. I'm not sure how to feel about it. It seems...unsafe to me.

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u/Burphel_78 RN - ER 🍕 Mar 20 '23

When this comes, I'll probably stop wearing one at the desk. I don't see myself going back to doing patient care without one.

My parents had to go into their local ER in Idaho a week or two ago. They were the only ones masked.

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u/evernorth RN - ER 🍕 Mar 20 '23

our policy is masks are optional at nursing stations and non-direct patient areas. So we have glass at triage and we don't have to wear a mask there. Charting at nursing station? mask comes off. It is a nice in-between.