med surg w/ Ms. Phelps was pretty cool. All except, I took care of my pt for 2 days, she was scheduled to go home about noon, I was talking to her about discharge instructions, when the CNA came in and said, she put isolation garb on the door, and did I want to tell her or should she tell her, she was positive for MRSA? I mean, does it take that long to find out the results of test or what? She had been there for 5 days and was getting ready to leave. I thought back, and I am positive I used standard precautions on everything I did, but it's kind of scary to think that the next person who enters her room has to gown up and I didn't. That is the reason why we always use standard precautions!

Christie Harris
NUR130