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mommamia22
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Are you going for a nursing position?

It might sound odd to say that you don’t touch men when you may very likely come in contact with male patients unless you are working ob/gyn or pediatrics.

You might have to put your standards in a little bit more of a delicate way.

I think you should ask health. He’s in the field and has probably encountered this issue with fair regularity. He might know the accepted lingo for this issue in that environment.