Nurses Out Loud

Nurses Out Loud


Refused the swab, good. You’re not ‘noncompliant,’ You’re awake!

April 01, 2025

Nurses Out Loud with Jodi O’Malley MSN, RN – Across the country, patients are walking into emergency rooms with mild symptoms and stable vitals — only to be told they must submit to a COVID, flu, or RSV swab before receiving care. And when they say no? They’re shamed. Labeled. Sometimes, they are even denied treatment altogether. Why saying “no” to a test or procedure doesn’t make a patient...