Leekri

Hospital setting. I just received the report (it's supposed to be bed side report, but they usually do it at their computers), and I entered the room just to introduce myself and did the 2 pieces of ID and checked that he was oriented and alert (which is something I do with all patients in the morning as it was taught to me by my instructor. While we were talking, I asked him about support systems since it was one of his concerns he brought up, so I guess it's like a verbal assessment? But I wasn't physically assessing him or anything) The primary nurse who told me to put on the gloves pointed to his chart and was pretty clear that the gloves were because of the HIV+.

(First time writing here) Yesterday during my clinical, I was interviewing a HIV positive patient. Half way through, the primary nurse asked me to talk with her in the hall, and when we spoke she told me to wear gloves whenever I was with the patient or touching things in his environment. The patient didnt have any open open cuts or bodily fluids out, and I didn't have any cuts and was just talking with the patient. There weren't any signs saying to use any special precautions either... I personally don't think that situation neccesitated the need for gloves, but I was hoping to get someone else's opinion on this. :) Also I'm a student, and the nurse was really adamant on the gloves so I didn't really ask questions.