When I was a young ,nurse, there were a lot of uncomfortable situations. I worked in an outpatient clinic. I helped a surgeon who did vasectomies on men. (medical sterilization) I embarrassed real easily. I had to shave the patients scrotum prior to...
As ,nurses,, we are taught and retaught each year how to manage personal ,protective, equipment (PPE) and the importance of a good seal with our N95 respirator. Suddenly, in the past week, we are expected to ,take, most of what we have learned and throw it away. Not the PPE, exactly, just our ingrained practice.