Does this concern anyone else?

damn!!!!!

sounds crazy to me

she needs to go back to school and learn what "contact isolation" means. And as far as VRE, we wear protective gown, gloves, etc. MRSA...we definitely wear gloves. And how is wearing gloves humiliating to this patient. Wearing gloves not only protects staff, but it can be considered protective to the patients too.

Sounds like the DON needs a course in Infection Control. I glove up every time I'm in a patient's room regardless of MRSA or not. If I don't protect myself, no one else will.

Sounds like an OSHA report needs to be filed, 'cause this wacky DON ain't gonna learn any other way.......unless it comes from someone more official than her, she's not going to listen.

Something else that might work.......the CNA should keep wearing gloves. When the DON says something the CNA should look her right in the eye and tell her "Terminate me. I will then go to the Labor Board, and we'll see who's right."

Wow. In my fundamentals class in NS, we were taught to glove up for all hygiene-related care--baths, oral care, etc. It's a service not just to ourselves but to our patient--God only knows what organisms we may have inadvertently touched somewhere throughout the course of our day.

This should be reported. A lack of (or lack of use of) PPE puts our patients' safety in jeopardy.

"Back in the day," more than 25 years ago, when I was a nursing student, we didn't wear gloves for bathing for just that reason.

We'd never heard of MRSA, nor VRE, nor of several other things we've unfortunately learned about since. We didn't wear gloves to start IV's then, either.

Today, I am certain those same nursing instructors would teach students to glove up. I learned to start IV's and draw blood with gloves on. Times change.

The DON is wrong, wrong, wrong. If I were the CNA, I would flat-out, point-blank refuse to do as she's directing. And, yes, let her fire me, go to the labor board, lawyer up, and see who wins. Pregnant or not.

Oh, and invite her to stick her bare finger in the wound and in her eye. I dare you. I double-dog-dare you!!

Shaking my head in disgust at this DON...... Always wear gloves!!!

sheer craziness !!

Gross. DON needs a refresher course on infection control. Honestly, how offended could this resident have been?

sounds like an osha report needs to be filed, 'cause this wacky don ain't gonna learn any other way.......unless it comes from someone more official than her, she's not going to listen.

i don't give a rat's rear about what happens in the parallel universe this "don" lives in, but this is so, so, very wrong!!!:flamesonb

i'd make the osha call, and also call to the regional don if this is a chain!:redlight:

protect yourself and that precious little one!!:dncgbby:

Is she nuts? I deal with MRSA and VRE a lot where I work. Gowns and gloves are a must. If it's respiratory, then mask included. What this DON said needs to be documented. Not only is she putting staff at risk but the other pt's as well. Nursing 101, gloves and proper handwashing help to lessen the spread of disease from one pt to another. Humiliate the pt? WHat? How about a lawsuit for contraction of MRSA while in your care? (Not you personally)

ANd I love the part where she stated, "You could stick you finger in the wound and then into your own eye." "OK....You first!" "Show me how it's done!"

Lord have mercy! I can't believe it!

I would have to report this. Sorry, but, it is clearly in violation of OSHA standards.