Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

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I was doing my OB clinicals and entered a patient's room to deliver a food tray. Stupid move on my part, but it got me a complaint from the patient and kicked out of my OB class. I'm allowed to repeat next year.

All the answers are no. I've done intimate care alone many many times in the nursing home environment as a CNA. I don't really like doing it on females. I think it is probably a lawsuit waiting to happen. I just kinda decided after this that I don't need these kinds of headaches. I'm going to be an engineer or do something less noble.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Just starting, but I surely hope there are some details forthcoming---there is a LOT of information missing here....

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Hmmm, I'm thinking there's more to this that meets the eye....

:whistling: mc3

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How can there even be enough evidence that you were staring.

I can't believe I you were kicked out for standing in a room for 20 seconds. You could have been assessing respiration.

I'm so confused.

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Hmmm, I'm thinking there's more to this that meets the eye....

:whistling: mc3

There are few more minor details I don't care to discuss because I am uncomfortable airing the full story if my instructors came upon it. I am basically a jerk that creeps around patient rooms while they are in labor. I also don't attend class or turn my assignments in on time. Somehow I managed to score a 97% on my last test and I also scored 100% on my semester project which was 10% of my grade. I did turn in one assignment late. Whenever they do something like this they try to stack the deck against you.
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Specializes in hospice.

I think we've all been punked.

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Specializes in PACU.
I think we've all been punked.

Most definitely.

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Specializes in NICU, Trauma, Oncology.

I absolutely believe it is ridiculous that you were dismissed for such nonsense. Unless of course you were explicitly told not to enter that room.

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Specializes in NICU, Trauma, Oncology.
In complete disregard of the fact that labor is an athletic event and women need nourishment, and that if hospitals would get the hell out of the way with all their stupid policies and non-evidence-based practices, vastly fewer women would need cesareans!

Absolutely 100% agree! From a laboring mom standpoint I was completely upset and infuriated about the whole situation. You wanna talk about hangry - starve mom in labor!

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Appeal!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Postpartum.

This story doesn't make sense. Someone had to have handed you the tray to tell you to take it to room X. In addition, you should have knocked and announced yourself asking if it was ok to enter the room.

I agree with Bucky that there is too much missing holes in your story to actually give you help. Hope this is a learning experience and good luck in however you chose to deal with this.

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This story doesn't make sense. Someone had to have handed you the tray to tell you to take it to room X. In addition, you should have knocked and announced yourself asking if it was ok to enter the room.

I agree with Bucky that there is too much missing holes in your story to actually give you help. Hope this is a learning experience and good luck in however you chose to deal with this.

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I should have been deliberate about asking permission to come in and announced myself. When I entered my instructor was standing there and she didn't say anything.

Hindsight is 20/20 and I could have done a whole bunch of things differently. I passed trays the other three days I was there with no issues. I could have asked the aide to help me with passing the trays and asked more details about the patients. I don't even know why the instructors make passing trays such a big issue, but they do. I thought it was my responsibility. I think its stupid to pass trays in RN training. I am not one of these people that thinks certain duties are beneath them, I just don't see the point.

I wasn't really looking for any sympathy. I was just wondering what other thought. From the sentiment here it seems like the same things I was thinking. I had poor judgement, was dealt maybe a heavier hand than necessary, but I need more carefully assess the way I interact with patients.

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