Nudity?

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Hi!

Alright, so I heard from someone that while she was in nursing school she had to strip down, do physical exams and then be naked for the rest of the class! I'm not a nursing student yet, but this scared me. I'm not comfortable with my body and plus there are guys in these classes. I don't know whether to believe it or not. Can anyone tell me if you had to do this? I'm really freaked out.

Thanks!

Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.
Like I said. I don't have a problem with the nudity.

However, I think I can hear the sounds pretty well. I bet you can too. That said, I'm not advising trying to hear crackles through a nylon windbreaker, but for what nurses are doing (since they aren't diagnosing) it's probably ok to listen through a t-shirt.

That's the point, it is NOT okay to listen through the Tshirt. Diagnosing has nothing to do with it, assessing for changes or problems is. Some sounds are so subtle that the cloth will interfere with really good ausculatation.

A airway B breathing C Circulation D Deficit/deformity E EXPOSE

What nurses are doing is monitoring, assessing, establishing baselines, judging changes. Part of the nudity is learning to drape the patient for privacy as well as be able to listen where you need to.

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Some sounds are so subtle that the cloth will interfere with really good ausculatation.

That's a given. Anybody who has ever played with a stethoscope, let alone used one professionally, knows that much. :)

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Not at my school that is what the manequins are for. we did however check-off on skills like vitals on a partner, BP, respirations, pulses with a double headed steth so our instructors could count as well. Nothing is performed on a live person for check-off, so your first time is in the hospital actually.

You do however have to ascultate under a shirt.

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

We didn't have mannequins. I think we practiced vitals and bed baths. The atmosphere usually is casual with lots o' laughs. Completely different from walking into an actual patient's room in an actual hospital. Normally nursing schools limit the practicing to a few selected procedures, and they are never the ones both patients and students find the most uncomfortable. Being nervous about touching a patient is just something you have to get through, and it goes away quite quickly.

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I hope this doesn't really happen in any nursing schools. At least not completely naked. Use the manikins--they are there for a reason :)

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That's the point, it is NOT okay to listen through the Tshirt. Diagnosing has nothing to do with it, assessing for changes or problems is. Some sounds are so subtle that the cloth will interfere with really good ausculatation.

A airway B breathing C Circulation D Deficit/deformity E EXPOSE

What nurses are doing is monitoring, assessing, establishing baselines, judging changes. Part of the nudity is learning to drape the patient for privacy as well as be able to listen where you need to.

Expose is the one many fail at. To even properly assess the quality of respiration's requires seeing skin. You can do lots of exposing by just moving clothing around. In my many many years of working in EMS I have found that if you do something like you have done it before and even explaining to the patient what and why as you do they do not have a problem.

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Okay now I am confused-- is it manikin or mannequin-- my instructor spells it manikin. Is there a right way to spell this, or it doesn't matter?

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Specializes in LDRP.
Okay now I am confused-- is it manikin or mannequin-- my instructor spells it manikin. Is there a right way to spell this, or it doesn't matter?

I'm pretty sure its mannequin. I've never seen it "manikin", that looks weird to me, but maybe I'm wrong?

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Yep, my like minded and like named amigo said it. People with big fat veins that don't roll aren't generally the ones needing IVs.

Yeah that is why I am not impressed. I would not feel comfortable drawing anyone's blood after my 10 minutes on the man arm with the vein the size of my pinky :|

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Okay now I am confused-- is it manikin or mannequin-- my instructor spells it manikin. Is there a right way to spell this, or it doesn't matter?

I was going to say mannequin was the right way to spell it-- but a quick Google check (I'm OCD about spelling) reveals that manikin is used commonly as well. Spell it the way your instructor does for the duration. :twocents:

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I was going to say mannequin was the right way to spell it-- but a quick Google check (I'm OCD about spelling) reveals that manikin is used commonly as well. Spell it the way your instructor does for the duration. :twocents:

When I read your post I was like "wow" I have been spelling it wrong for all these years just because my instructor spelled it that way. Thank you.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.
Yeah that is why I am not impressed. I would not feel comfortable drawing anyone's blood after my 10 minutes on the man arm with the vein the size of my pinky :|

We did a phlebotomy rotation and the the phlebotomist made me draw from him before touching a patient. You learn a lot from live draws/sticks.

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