I am wondering if any other nursing students are being assigned clinical rotations on a COVID floor, with out being fit tested for N95s? 1 Likes More Like This Eighteen Days: My COVID Story by mperry Healthcare Workers Still Love Their Jobs by hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I Bad Clinical Instructor by faithjohn Face Mask Support Frames by Kitiger, RN Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place by ham333
Guest219794 2,453 Posts Jan 22 Are you making contact with known Covid without a fit tested N-95? If so, something is wrong. Somebody screwed up. A policy is being bypassed. 4 Likes
JBMmom, MSN, NP Specializes in New NP Hospitalist, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC. Has 10 years experience. 4 Articles; 2,020 Posts Jan 23 Our nursing student rotations are on COVID floors, but they are not directly assigned COVID patients, so they are not fit tested with N95 masks. 3 Likes
Elice 4 Posts Jan 23 2 hours ago, hherrn said: Are you making contact with known Covid without a fit tested N-95? If so, something is wrong. Somebody screwed up. A policy is being bypassed. I was just curious what schools are doing. Had a scare, but turned out students will not be allowed on the Covid floor without a fit test. Seemed unfair to not be given a choice (besides the choice of either go or forfeit clinical hours). Thanks for your input everyone ? 1 Likes
Cowgirl007 Specializes in CCMA, Diabetes Educator. Has 3 years experience. 30 Posts Jan 25 I've been provided with a single hospital issued n95 for each of the past 3 semesters, but never fit tested. My school does not allow us to be assigned to covid positive patients. The hospital I am assigned to for this upcoming semester is requiring all students to be fit tested. I'm looking forward to the fit test. ? 1 Likes
Skinurse 13 Posts Jan 30 Anyone’s school say getting Covid is no excuse for missing clinical? The schools policy is that the students should not put patients in harms way. Punishing symptomatic Covid positive nursing students for missing clinical sounds like it would be in conflict with that since it would lead to students going to clinical symptomatic and positive. 0 Likes
Lynker, LPN Specializes in LTC, Rehab. Has 3 years experience. 222 Posts Jan 30 My school had us fit for N95s just in case, but they won't and will not allow us to be assigned to COVID-19 patients. 0 Likes
Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN Specializes in OR, education. Has 17 years experience. 5 Articles; 10,763 Posts Jan 30 9 hours ago, Skinurse said: Anyone’s school say getting Covid is no excuse for missing clinical? The schools policy is that the students should not put patients in harms way. Punishing symptomatic Covid positive nursing students for missing clinical sounds like it would be in conflict with that since it would lead to students going to clinical symptomatic and positive. The state Board of Nursing has clinical requirements by specialty that students must complete. Most likely the school is saying that the hours can’t just be missed but will need to be completed, whether through make up clinicals or another way. 3 Likes
PMFB-RN, RN Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response. Has 16 years experience. 5,339 Posts Feb 9 Traditional nursing students don't do clinical on our covid wards. But some, like those assigned to a primary preceptor in accelerated BSN programs, take whatever patient their preceptor takes. They get fit tested by the hospital and N95 mask are (now) available. 1 Likes
MoonRose Specializes in RN Student. Has 1 years experience. 10 Posts Feb 12 I start next week and we all are fiitted with N95 masks which we have to wear at all times with goggles. We will not be assigned COVID patients (those which are confirmed positive). That being said you could be in contact with a patient who is positive without knowing it I suppose. This is how my school does it but not all are the same it's crazy to see how different they all really are. Edited Feb 12 by MoonRose 1 Likes
londonflo Specializes in oncology. Has 45 years experience. 1,784 Posts Feb 13 On 1/30/2022 at 8:04 AM, Rose_Queen said: The state Board of Nursing has clinical requirements by specialty that students must complete. It varies by the state. Two states that I have taught in did not have strict hours per specialty 0 Likes
Skinurse 13 Posts Feb 14 On 2/12/2022 at 2:52 PM, MoonRose said: I start next week and we all are fiitted with N95 masks which we have to wear at all times with goggles. We will not be assigned COVID patients (those which are confirmed positive). That being said you could be in contact with a patient who is positive without knowing it I suppose. This is how my school does it but not all are the same it's crazy to see how different they all really are. No. I’m saying that if we have Covid or are Covid positive we are still expected to attend clinicals in the Hospital. No excuses. Missing clinicals if you have Covid will be treated like any other absence and will be punished like any other clinical absence. 0 Likes
