I ask because I am scheduled to be in L&D at 7am for an induction and the hospital is full of students right now and from two schools: a PN program and an ADN program.
I really do not like the idea of wide-eyed students looking at my big fat naked rear end spread out on a table. I know I was a student once but the feeling is a little different when you're the one under the microscope.
Can I refuse to allow the students to watch? I don't want to be difficult, I don't mind being visited while the labor progresses but when it's time for Jr. to crown I really want only the necessary people there.
I ask because I am scheduled to be in L&D at 7am for an induction and the hospital is full of students right now and from two schools: a PN program and an ADN program.
I really do not like the idea of wide-eyed students looking at my big fat naked rear end spread out on a table. I know I was a student once but the feeling is a little different when you're the one under the microscope.
Can I refuse to allow the students to watch? I don't want to be difficult, I don't mind being visited while the labor progresses but when it's time for Jr. to crown I really want only the necessary people there.
Absolutely! We even had a postpartum mom refuse to allow us to work with her for the day. Good luck to you & baby! Congrats!!:balloons:
Of course you can refuse for students to be in the room. Remember this is your time and if anything causes you to be more stressed, then make sure the L&D nurse knows that you do not want students in the room.
How about a resident doctor? I had one perform a procedure after the birth of my baby while the real doctor was watching and she had to tell her what to do. Another male resident doctor was also watching. I was not asked if it was okey.
Are resident doctors alowed to perform procedures without patient's permission? Several deliveries on my floor were performed by resident doctors before the real doctors got there.
I agree - if you are uncomfortable, go ahead an refuse, but you might want to think about it. What if the RN who is responsible for your care had been denied experiences throughout his/her schooling - do you want someone less expereinced being responsible for your care?
WHen I had ob clinicals, we had a few women refuse and it wasnt a big deal!
When I was in labor, there was like 20docs/residents in the room. Partly becasue my daughter needed the NICU team and just because I was at a large teaching hospital. I always said before labor, that I didnt want any students in my room and that I would out right refuse. But, there is something about that spur of the moment where you just dont care. I wasn't in a lot of pain or anything, but I was just in my own little world and concentrating on meeting my little girl.
I had clinicals for OB at a large teaching hosptial. The pt requested no students and when it was time for the delivery, the room was full of student doctors!!! When I asked why this was OK, they said it was because the pt signed the form stating that she understood that this was a teaching hospital and that students may be involved in her care.
I agree - if you are uncomfortable, go ahead an refuse, but you might want to think about it. What if the RN who is responsible for your care had been denied experiences throughout his/her schooling - do you want someone less expereinced being responsible for your care?
I'm pretty sure that if you choose to work on a L&D unit with little to no experience you wouldn't just be thrown with patients, you'd get plenty of orientation before you're let loose on your own.
Motorcycle Momma- You have the right to refuse. I'm not even pregnant and I've already decided that my labor will not be a spectator sport.
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Absolutely! We even had a postpartum mom refuse to allow us to work with her for the day. Good luck to you & baby! Congrats!!:balloons: