CamilliaJGP

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1. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   CamilliaJGP replied to SydneyKidney's topic in NP

   I'm curious to hear what some of the other approaches are, but here's how me and the other NP at the clinic I work at do for boys from 8 to 18: 1. With one hand, pull down the front of the boy's waistband. 2. Make a mental note of the tanner stage of...

2. Feeding oral meds to children

   CamilliaJGP replied to 7ladies's topic in Pediatric

   I actually had a patient that had the opposite problem. She faked being sick because she loved the way the grape liquid Advil her parents would tasted.

3. Routine GU Exams at Physicals/Well Child Visits

   CamilliaJGP posted a topic in Pediatric

   I originally made a post on this topic by accident in the PICU/Pediatric forum because I assumed that was the forum for all pediatrics related posts (I only just realized that this forum exists). Trying to correct my mistake, one of the moderators mo...

4. School Physical

   CamilliaJGP replied to CamilliaJGP's topic in Pediatric

   It's visual only unless it's for sports (then a hernia check is done) or the boy is uncircumcised (then he's checked for phimosis). It just seems odd to me that at the very least a visual check isn't routine for females as well (for tanner stage and/...

5. School Physical

   CamilliaJGP posted a topic in Pediatric

   I've always found it odd how genital exams are rare occurrences for girls, but super common place for boys. For example, this is the form students from the local school district turn in when they get their school physicals for entrance into Kindergar...