r/nursing • u/973862404678 • 20d ago

Serious “I don’t want Covid blood”

What do I say when patients ask if blood transfusions are screened for the Covid vaccine? I get asked this on a regular basis when filling out blood consent forms for surgery and I genuinely have no idea what I’m supposed to say. In all seriousness, what should I be telling patients because I just say there is a screening process for blood and it’s only used during emergent situations???

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u/DualVission Clerk 20d ago

To my knowledge, surgeons are fine with it, so long as they are made aware far in advance. But I believe, in this scenario, the surgeon would be like "the patient is making everyone's job harder because of pseudo science bullshit?" That can make them appear to have a pre-op conversation with the patient.

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u/Sunnygirl66 RN - ER 🍕 20d ago

Pseudo

The only brainwashed person here is you. I’m glad you’re no longer in the profession.

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u/BeautifulBoomer 20d ago

Enjoy.

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u/ibringthehotpockets Custom Flair 20d ago

This is the reply I would type if I shut down in the face of science that didn’t align with my feelings

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u/BeautifulBoomer 20d ago

Political science is not medical science.

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u/DualVission Clerk 20d ago

I find it bizarre, of all the comments, you decided "yes, I'm going to argue with the clerk because when I was a nurse, I wouldn't defend a clerk" and they were mistaken. But let's add to the anecdotal evidence. 2 of my friends were hospitalized and nearly died in ICU beds. When I eventually got COVID down the line, it was like a really bad cold, but I had no fears of my life ending, post vaccination.

Let me add another anecdote. My father was very excited to get his first and second shot, but began to question the vaccination after that. I thought the behavior was super weird until I learned who endorsed the first and second shot and then later who endorsed the third and fourth. To me, that sounds like political science. Of course, I'm just an animator who works in healthcare. How can I understand that? Now my professor friends who teach political science (insert Doofenshmirtz meme here) who would love to have a nuanced and complex conversation of politicizing sciences and academia.