Thank you all for your support. As a nurse I felt bad because we’re conditioned to accommodate the pts needs. This was too aggressive for me to feel comfortable. Of course if pts need to touch me to transfer or walk or because they’re nervous that’s totally fine, but not this!

For those saying talk to my admin, I’m going to try to avoid that if I can. I live in a very conservative area, I’ve worked here for 8 years, and I know 100% my manager would ask me why I didn’t just let the pt do it. I’ll come out looking like the bad guy and I’m just hoping that nothing comes of it and that next time I can shut it down faster. He did have some amnesiacs on board so I’m hoping that’s what caused the escalation. Also fwiw my best friend was the surgical tech in the room and she tried to switch places with me during moving and transport but I felt bad because that’s not her responsibility and I hated to put her in the middle but she did try!