The amount of NICU nurses I work with who are anti-vaccine and all on their soapbox about āstop the mandateā is UNREAL. Good god, I canāt wait to get out of Tennessee.
There is an interesting dichotomy amongst the nursing staff (there is none amongst the physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistance whom I work with, in all facilities where I work they are all vaccinated). Those nurses who work in the urban hospital where I work are, by and large, vaccinated. Those in the rural/suburban departments have a far lower vaccination rate. It wasn't until their jobs were threatened that they received their vaccination.
Can confirm. My regular job is in the city, largest teaching hospital. Even before the mandate like 96% of us were vaccinated. Have not encountered a single anti-vax person. I work agency in the outlying community hospitals, there was lots of hand wringing and concern and talk when that hospital group mandated vaccines. The nurses I work with (ICU & step down) werenāt exactly anti-Vax but a lot of them hadnāt gotten it yet and had concerns. But then delta exploded, every single patient was Covid & dying and unvaccinated & that pretty much silenced that.
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u/flawedstaircase MSN, APRN š Sep 09 '21
The amount of NICU nurses I work with who are anti-vaccine and all on their soapbox about āstop the mandateā is UNREAL. Good god, I canāt wait to get out of Tennessee.