I’m a registered nurse who works a local community hospital. We have a total of 7 “PUI” (person under investigation). I’ve now had two shifts where I cared for one of these folks. He is improving. His oxygen demands have decreased since Wednesday from 4 liters to 1, moving air much easier, afebrile and regaining strength slowly.
I believe this is day 7 or 8 waiting for his results from his Covid19 screening to come back?! This guy is gonna be clinically appropriate to discharge yet we don’t have the screening back which is absolutely retarded.
What diagnostic value does a test have if you don’t get the results back till after the patient is on the mend? Or in this case may not get the results back.
