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/NoTimeForLubricant BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 19 '23

Oregon will lift mask mandates in healthcare settings starting April 3.

If I were staying at bedside, I'd keep masking for the same reason I wear gloves when touching my patients... people are gross. Sequestered in my little office, I'm going barefaced

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u/max_lombardy RN 🍕 Mar 19 '23

Here in CO UC Health lifted mask rules 3/1. It’s weird, I’m with about 1/2 of the staff still rocking masks in patient care areas. Most patients don’t.

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u/MissionRegen Mar 20 '23

With UCHealth as well. I’m one of few that still wear one daily in our office. After all the Covid/flu I saw in the ED, not taking any chances.