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  1. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    i do actually have a suggestion: find out now how your facility reacts to patients who are appointing/hiring advocates. it does exist now, but it is being refined as to required education levels. it...

  2. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    Valid points by both rn/writer and Cul2. I have to emphasize though that this "small" portion of population is not that small at all. What we are seeing in data is the proportion of people it matters...

  3. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with you tbrd450....that if this is extended to women it should absolutely be extended to men. The examples that I stated are what I can find at this time, and hopefully the beginning of a...

  4. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    "one option, perhaps, is for a specific hospital or out-patient surgical facility to arrange staffing to allow for same-gender care on a trial basis to see if, a) there are enough patients for whom...

  5. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    I think the discussion of preferences vs discrimination is best suited for another thread. It is going to take this discussion completely off topic. If we are trying to work together, this just isn't...

  6. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    "And what about the rights of nurses and medical professionals not to be discriminated against in their workplace? I believe there are laws against this. If someone doesn't want me as their scrub...

  7. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    Fair enough! Discussions such as these are certainly appreciated. I would guess step #2 would be a question regarding opinions ( if allowed) as to the actuality of facilities ever reaching easily...

  8. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    I do not think that the modesty discussion will ever be debated to it's fullest extent. There are women (we know this) who do not want a strange male doing intimate medical proceedures. There are men...

  9. Nurses, Clients and Power

    advo-kate2 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    The issue is not whether we get what we want when we want it as patients. I believe we are trying to defend a concept that was not meant. The question is, balancing the power of control in ones care...

  10. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    "i thought this was it.... seriously---let's please stay on topic here, folks. this isn't the place for discussions about changes in surgical teams or speculation about what else goes on during...

  11. Nurses, Clients and Power

    advo-kate2 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    cb-rn: I don't think we disagree as much as we think..... This post was started from a quote supporting patient modesty, and you seem to support choice. I commend that: you may think it is common but...

  12. Nurses, Clients and Power

    advo-kate2 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    "I absolutely agree to the patient's right to refuse any tx or med they want however why are you in the hospital if you are going to refuse everything?" Respectfully: Going the the hospital and...

  13. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    It's great that there is still an open dialog here between potential patients and caregivers. Personally, I'm not going to ask for specifics on care. My distress would be that subjects such as these...

  14. Modesty Issues

    advo-kate2 replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    " 'Why has this subject seen a renewal of interest?' I believe the interest has always been their but perhaps their hasnt been an outlet available in a structured way to vent these concerns. When it...

  15. Modesty Issues

    advo-kate2 replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    I do agree that comments should be balanced and thoughtful, but we can not deny that this subject is a highly emotional one. Why has the subject seen a renewal of interest? Why do people go where the...

  16. Modesty Issues

    advo-kate2 replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    Two excellant posts! Quite frankly as a woman (equalist not feminist) female caregivers seem to be my hardest sell. I often wonder what motive they would have for not showing respect for the modesty...

  17. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    advo-kate2 replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    "There are lots things that are not mentioned when patients go for surgery. Imagine if every nurse took it upon themselves to list off about five to every patient in the name of "informed consent."...

  18. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    advo-kate2 replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    agencyangel: "However, in the instance of catheterisation I have always offered a choice of male or female nurse. In that instance as it is so invasive I would grab a nurse from another department if...

  19. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    advo-kate2 replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    agencyangel: I'm a little confused. You say " In response to a comment that some patients state their wives will take care of that part of things, I must admit whenever a family member, be it wife or...

  20. Modesty Issues

    advo-kate2 replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    A. Unfortunately the nurse who exposed the skater was teaching the student that there is no such thing as patient dignity and respect. Many (not all) will accept this attitude because it came from a...

  21. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    advo-kate2 replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    CaDad: Absolutely valid points. However, I believe dialog is not only helpful here but moreover, crucial. We need to find a way to get caregivers and potential patients talking. Too many people are...

  22. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    advo-kate2 replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to take the rare opportunity to help in understanding patient vs. nurses confusion. This post is for all in due respect: First: Thanks to the nurses who posted that although they had...