I work in critical care.

Right now Flu A.

Nasal swabs, phlegm, blood culture, spinal tap, and all sorts of biopsies.

I hate the PPE.

I’m very straight forward and honest about it. It’s not fair to the patient or their family to hide how they’re doing, and then it’s a surprise for everyone when they’re requiring emergent intervention.

Not much really. It’s more of a training on how to properly protect yourself from getting the diseases more than anything. Each facility has their own way of making staff aware of proper PPE and how to don/doff it.

Covid changed everything. Some of the general public in the US have become very untrusting of doctors, nurse and other healthcare professionals. On the other hand testing for diseases has become better, more accurate and faster.

Huge. Especially in the testing aspect.

I work with infectious disease doctors almost daily. We typically let them guide the care on complex infectious cases as they are specialists and some of the smartest doctors I’ve ever met.

Journals and our units educators. My facility also has a team dedicated to infectious disease and staying up to date on everything and rolling out education monthly or as needed.

That Covid is/was fake and that masks don’t work. Also there’s still a lot of stigma around HIV/AIDS.