Shingles which affects an estimated one in five people is a painful blistering condition.
Can pregnant nurse care for shingles patient.
Pregnant nurses may wish to avoid taking care of patients with active shingles or varicella zoster infections as well as patients on airborne precautions.
Shingles is not life threatening but is very painful and can be treated with early diagnosis.
It can show up at any time but is especially alarming if it strikes during pregnancy.
Pregnant nurses should be immunized against influenza.
The vaccine is safe for women in all stages of pregnancy.
Complications that may arise from a shingles infection include vision loss hearing or balance problems or postherpetic neuralgia a longstanding pain in the area of the outbreak after the disease has cleared.
And they get put on airborne precautions depending on the risk which is dependant on how many dermatones are effected and what stage of the shingles they are in.
Pregnant nurses are not allowed to care for patients with shingles in any of the areas i work in my hospital.
The live attenuated flu vaccine is unsafe for pregnant women.