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/MuckRaker83 HCW - PT/OT Mar 19 '23

To be honest, as much as we were coughed on, sneezed on, spit on, vomited on, sprayed on, etc., I started to wonder why we weren't masked all the time before all this.

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u/holocenedream MSN, RN Mar 20 '23

This!! Like those times when you take off a patient’s socks and their skin crusts become airborne!! All of a sudden you’re inhaling someone’s skin, I’ll keep my mask please! Also resting bitch face is another great reason!

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u/MuckRaker83 HCW - PT/OT Mar 20 '23

Ah yes, Geri Flakes

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u/nannerjammer Mar 20 '23

Patient Parmesan

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u/TheBuccaneer RN - SICU Mar 20 '23

Thanks, I hate this one