slineb

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1. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

   slineb replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

   >It would appear that you see any exposure that isn't precipitated by a dire >emergency as "not right." I've been on both sides of this equation and I >understand that there are ways to be respectful even while seeing the patient >tempora...

2. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

   slineb replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

   Ok, infants can sit in a soiled diaper for quite a while before anything horrible develops. Is it ideal? No, but their skin integrity isn't horribly sacrificed. It should be left up to the patient to decide how to handle this. As for this horrific sm...

3. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

   slineb replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

   I'd love to hear a good reason for NOT having patients wear incontinence pads/briefs. Many patients are told they can't wear their own clothing due to 'sterile' issues ... but this is total BS. How can having a patient lying in their own excrement ...

4. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

   slineb replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

   Ok ... so if the entire valid reasoning we can come up with for being totally naked during surgery is due to incontinence issues & the need to possibly remove due to emergency - why can't the patient be offered the ability to wear some incontinen...

5. Treating the Muslim patient

   slineb replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

   As a former CNA, and as a patient ... I just need to ask why culture or religion is what has you asking this question. I am not muslim, but I am a modest woman who has NEVER had a male other than my father (when I was small) and my husband see intim...