No Gloves?!

Hello everyone! For this post I have decided to share a conversation I had with a clinical classmate. I would love if some of you nurses/healthcare students to weigh in on this topic! I had a classmate tell me “I never wear gloves when assessing my patient”. I was visibly shocked and immediately replied “I will always wear gloves when assessing any patient”. My classmate began to berate me in front of the rest of our clinical group saying I was judgmental and how as nurses we are supposed to be nonjudgmental.  However, a nonjudgmental attitude does not trump infection … Continue reading No Gloves?!