Is it true that you can not work as a doctor or nurse if you've ever had an STD?

Question

I heard this from a friend while I was living in Canada. Is there anyone in either of those fields who might know?

Answer 1

I am starting college in September to become a nurse and I have herpes.

I think it is that you can not become a doctor or nurse if you have a deadly STD but something like Herpes is okay.

Answer 2

No, we'd be out a lot of doctors and nurses if this were true.

While most schools and places you would work DO require a 'physical' before hiring this is to make sure you are physically capable of doing your job, and also to make sure you have the proper immunities to all the nasties out there because you are potentially exposed to a lot of things. If you don't have shot records (us older folks actually had measles, mumps, things that now-a-days you can get shots for!) they do titres, they make sure you are at least offered immunizations for hepatitis and so on.

Now surprisingly the hospital I just started working for has a policy against working while having an active cold sore because we touch our faces all the time without realizing it, but this is the first place I've ever worked with a policy like that. Transmission would be extremely unlikely!

We generally don't have sex with our patients. They are safe, at least from us.

Answer 3

NO, what does an STD do with being a good Doctor or Nurse? I don't understand. I am an RN and I have friends that are Doctors and none of us have ever been asked if we had STD's or AIDS. And they do not test you for them when you apply for a job!! I don't know why anyone would care what disease you had, I mean unless your screwing your Dr. or nurse who really cares?

Answer 4

That is not true, at least not in the USA. Some states may limit patient contact if a provider has HIV, but I've never heard of it happening. I've never heard of it even coming up in an employment interview. I know nurses with STD's... probably know some docs too, but just don't know it...

Ed, RN

Answer 5

As a nurse/physician assistant I can tell you that it is not true....nobody would know this. But I do believe that most college admission physical exams (for medical or nursing school or other healthcare professions)still do blood tests for syphilis (an RPR or STS). I do a number of these exams and I have never had one come back positive so I don't know what they do about it.

Answer 6

not true at all. I work in healthcare (radiation therapy) to get a job in the medical field you do not need to have a medical exam-you will need to have a general physical in order to get into school though, but they don't test for STD's. just make sure you are generally healthy and that you are able to do the lifting, bending etc that is involved in the job.
there is something called "universal precautions" that are a set of guidelines to protect healthcare workers and patients from transmitting diseases-ie. wearing gloves or masks, safe handlling of needles, syringes etc.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I doubt that's true... how would the medical school know that they've had an STD? It's not like they can go and find the medical records or search it.

Answer 9

Not true as one in four people or more has an STD. We would be in big trouble!

Answer 10

i don´t know how does it works in canada but in the countries that i´ve been working (7) that is not the case