I’m a patient care assistant at a hospital in Massachusetts. I was just asked to transfer to one of the floors being used as a covid floor and I’m in need of some outside advice/opinions. I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this, so let me know if it isn’t.
I’m currently living at home so every day that I go to the hospital, I feel as though I’m putting myself (asthma) and my family (especially my 60yo dad with high blood pressure) at risk and I’m okay with putting myself at risk, but it’s killing me to put my family at risk and moving to a covid floor would highly increase that risk.
At the same time I feel as though it is my duty to help however I can. People need help and I want to be able to help however I can. Does anyone know the degree to which PPE actually lowers risk? If I accept I will mostly isolate to my room at home and will be cleaning behind me every time I go anywhere other than my room (like to get food from the kitchen), but I’m still worried that that’s not enough. If I don’t accept, what does that say about me? Does that in itself mean that I shouldn’t be in the healthcare field at all? I’m sorry for the train-of-thought style, but I’m having a very hard time putting my feelings into cohesive words.
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