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STILL IN THE GAME: CU Medicine vs COVID-19 27 CUHK’s Nethersole School of Nursing oversaw one of the testing centres, inviting nursing alumni as well as current students and teachers to take part. The nurses conducted 2,000 tests per day, and served an estimated 20,000 citizens in all. Prof. Aileen Chan points out that the practical experience was unusual in that nursing students normally work only with sick patients during their hospital placement. In one instance, a woman who was a ‘difficult client’ arrived with a hostile expression. It trans- pired that she had already been tested at another centre but still had no result a week later. CUHK student nurses tended to her, explaining the process step by step, and with increasing confidence. The client conducted her second test, and left with a smile. ‘We not only served the community but also learnt a caring attitude,’ Professor Chan says. Students also learnt how to maintain a controlled infection -free environment. ‘It was suffocating sometimes. The mask is so tight to your face and the face shield is covering your whole airway,’ Christy says. She had to demonstrate ‘tender loving care’ through eye contact and tone of voice, an entirely new skill. One elderly lady came back to Hong Kong from mainland China to get a COVID test. ‘She believed in our quality, and that’s why she came,’ Christy says. ‘It reminded me to study well. Janita Chau Assistant Dean of Alumni Affairs, Professor, Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Aileen Chan Associate Professor, Practice in Nursing, Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Christy Cheng 4 th Year Nursing Student