[pittnurse08]

hey everyone! i was just wondering, if you work in PP are you required to assist with circumcisions? i'm not judging anyone here who does, but it's something i cannot personally bring myself to do. thanks for your input

rachel

[suzanne4]

It has never been an issue any place that I have been, whether to assist with circs or to assist with abortions. There are always some that do not wish to assist, and it hasn't been an issue. Administration is flexible that way, as long as it is covered..................

[RNmommy]

We may opt out but nobody does. FTR, I am opposed to circs for my own kids but I don't have a problem assisting with circs. In fact, I think that I take extra care to make the baby as comfortable as possible becasue of my personal views. I have no problem asking the doc to wait until the baby has had two full miutes of his Sweetease or for the lidocaine to be effective.

[Mrs.S]

Where I used to work we had a family practice doctor who did them without anesthesia . I refused to help with those. nobody made a stink about that.

[RNmommy]

Mrs. S, I would refuse tp assist with that, too.

[phriedomRN]

When I was doing an internship in transitional nursery, I got to watch a few. The residents always used lido, some of their blocks weren't the best, but at least they tried. The older MDs would say that the lido hurt as much as a quick clamp application and would do it without. After hearing the bloodcurdling screams from the 1st one I saw without lido, I checked the P&P manual and found out that local anesthesia is a hospital requirement. I filled out an incident report on each and every doc that did it without. I don't know if it did any good, but it certainly made me feel better that at least I was trying to make them accountable for what they were doing to the babies

[fergus51]

I refuse and it's never been a problem, but I am always upfront about this before taking the job.

[Keeps]

The NBN nurse is responsible for assisting with circs. I have never had anyone say that they wouldn't assist but I'm betting my Director would not be very supportive about it. We do have some OB's that wont do it and it is always an issue if they are covering for an MD that does. Pts get very upset.

[SuperFlyRN]

We assist (not really given an option not to now that I think about it!) every circ. And believe it or not, only a third of our OB's use any sort of anesthestic (Ametop, 24%Sucrose, LIdo, etc)

[KellNY]

FTR--A pacifier dipped in sugar water is not an anesthetic. It's a distractant at best.