Working in the intensive care unit at any hospital means exposure to various infections, but contraction of COVID-19 is not the biggest fear for one ICU nurse at Blacktown hospital.

The nurse, who wished to remain anonymous, has been working 12-hour shifts at the western Sydney hospital that has 16 intensive care unit beds, only four of which are suitable for isolating coronavirus patients.

She told HuffPost Australia it is disconcerting to see doctors disagreeing over patients testing needs, and shes worried that NSW Health still has no specific set testing plans.

I think theres an element of stress to it just because were so confused in what were doing, she said. We work with a lot of infections, we get people presenting with tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis. So I think dealing with the actual patient who could be infectious isnt the scary part for us, because we obviously take the proper precaution and we deal with that.