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Help! Student nurse and symptomatic partner

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MandUs · 08/09/2020 22:27

Are there any nurses able to help as I can't find clear guidance on this.
I'm a student nurse on a hospital placement and my partner has a high fever with a cough (and some other symptoms). He's had a Covid test today but if the result doesn't come back before my next shift, am I expected to go in or stay at home and isolate as I've done so far?

Any guidance I can find only talks about health care providers being symptomatic but nothing about household members. Thanks.

OP posts:
SomeHalfHumanCreatureThing · 09/09/2020 00:28

I know, it's awful.

fifteenisthemagicnumber · 09/09/2020 00:29

This thread Is quite frightening. The trust I work for makes it clear National guidance should be followed. At no time has it been suggested that wearing PPE etc is compensation for not self-isolating during symptoms Confused

Stompythedinosaur · 09/09/2020 00:33

I'm a nurse and I am shocked that any Trust is telling staff to ignore guidance and go to work to potentially infect patients.

You need to whistle-blow, you can't be involved in unsafe practice and not. There will be a whistle blowing champion in your Trust who can support you.

This is not standard practice in all Trusts.

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ChickenwingChickenwing · 09/09/2020 00:35

While I agree the NHS May have extra measures for staff that doesn't apply to the rest of us, it is not going to be less then the very basics. What OP asked was absolutely about the basics and nothing to do with extra/different situations re her work..

He's had a Covid test today but if the result doesn't come back before my next shift,

am I expected to go in or stay at home and isolate as I've done so far?

^ here, from the OP. Irrespective of anything OP should know she would not be expected to go in because she had to isolate.

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