Catheters to Classmates?

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In nursing school do classmates administer catheters to one another?

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No!!!!

You will not catheterize each other nor do other procedures that require you to "expose" yourself (i.e. perineal care).

This will be done on mannequins for practice.

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Specializes in IMCU.

No. No way. Never.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Nope. We have anatomical dummies to practice on.

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I think that may be an urban legend of nursing school...but no way. You will use mannequins.

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I know in some schools people run IVs on each other, which are angiocatheters, which may explain the source of it – or maybe it's just a wacky urban legend.

(I'm really glad I never heard it, even if I wouldn't have believed it.)

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Our Microbiology made a comment about it thats why I wondered. Thanks for the responses. I thought that was strange.

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micro teacher...just wanted to clarify..im tired

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Specializes in Infusion.

Micro teachers have an interesting sense of humor : )

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Here was a GOLDEN opportunity to have some fun with someone and the first poster blows it. Back to my reading I go.

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I literally clenched my legs together reading your post.

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For some reason I don't think it would be approriate for students to be looking at or touching each others whoo-has, even if it is for educational purposes. :)

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