-- [ From: Nancy Coulter * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] -- Marie, I agree with your comments. I have been using gloves in my practice for about 3 years. After an initial period of getting accustomed to the feel and learning how to put them on snugly, I have become very comfortable making assessments while wearing gloves. I think floor nurses went through much the same thing when they first started having to wear gloves while inserting IV's and when caring for unbathed newborns. The world is changing and I think we have to adapt. I join those of us who have said they would not want to lose one of us because we didn't want to wear gloves. Nancy