Nudity?

I had to do it my first semster of nursing school....it was part of our physical assessment" class we never got totally nude, stayed in underwear and bras and were only paired with the same sex....we worked with the same partner the whole semester and also tested with that partner at the end of the semester when we did the return demonstration of the exam at the end of the semster...

No, I've never heard of any nursing school requiring this. We had to learn how to give a bed bath to each other. We wore shorts and a top!

I don't have a problem with it either way, but I can listen to lung sounds accurately through a thick sweater. If you can listen to that stuff in back of an ambulance (used to be a medic) you can listen to it through a little clothing. I don't see why undressing would be required although it could be funny, and I'm sensing nursing school is light on funny.

I had to do it my first semster of nursing school....it was part of our physical assessment" class we never got totally nude, stayed in underwear and bras and were only paired with the same sex....we worked with the same partner the whole semester and also tested with that partner at the end of the semester when we did the return demonstration of the exam at the end of the semster...

Was this in the '70's??? Nursing schools nowadays would never allow anything like this? I don't think this sort of thing were even allowed in the '90's, mainly because of possible LAWSUITS.

Please. During our physical assessment checkoffs, the only thing we took off was shoes and socks. That's it. And we're not going to be doing any more than that, nope, nope, nope. We practiced bed baths on mannequins.

During our human sexuality section we paired up and were required to practice having sex with each other. Then we had to do it in front of our instructors at the end of the semester and if we failed we had to repeat the course. Same sex partners were not required.

(I just wanted to see if I could relate the best apocryphal story.)

During our human sexuality section we paired up and were required to practice having sex with each other. Then we had to do it in front of our instructors at the end of the semester and if we failed we had to repeat the course. Same sex partners were not required.

LOL.... wha?? -->> same sex partners were not required? You mean there is such a thing as, discrimination against sexual preference at your school?? I wonder what it takes to PASS??

Geez, it might be a good idea to go to dinner first with future partner, BEFORE taking a human sexuality class at your school!

In the old days of nursing.... I heard people actually drew blood on each other. Labs were more realistic in a way, that's what people say.

In the old days of nursing.... I heard people actually drew blood on each other. Labs were more realistic in a way, that's what people say.

In paramedic school, only about eight years ago, we practiced IVs and SQ injections on each other. No biggie. Best way to learn.

In paramedic school, only about eight years ago, we practiced IVs and SQ injections on each other. No biggie. Best way to learn.

Uh we still did that last semester. Still do. It truly is the best way to learn.

No, No, on the contrary. My issue isn't with nudity. My comment was addressing the context. Not ALL comments but many just seem like silly high-school chit-chat. But who am I to say, I'm not a nurse yet. I'm looking forward to caring for the infirm as best as I can. I'm learning that this culture will include all types of intellect (or lack there of). And perhaps the culture may actually need all types. But like I said, I'm not a nurse yet so maybe I should "zip it".

What the heck is an infirm?? Maybe you should just keep you negative attitude to your self..

A few weeks ago at my work... this retired hospice RN, told me about the 'old days' of nursing....

I was a little shocked at a few things she had said. Of course, I don't know If she was actually telling the truth.

But, one of the few things she mentioned was -- one of her patients knocked her upper teeth out with a METAL bedpan! I thought, WOW -- bedpans used to be metal? How come I've never noticed them when I visited people in the hospitals when I was younger? I wondered how HEAVY the bedpan was for her patient to have knocked her teeth out with it?

Oh yea, then I asked her... "So, back then, you didn't have any MANEUVER techniques to protect your face/self?" Then she said, the patient had dementia and lots of problems and she was holding stuff when it happened. She's been out of the nursing profession for a while now. She has stories to tell though.