tbrd450

tbrd450

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  1. Nurses, Clients and Power

    It must be extremely difficult for a decent professional to hear/read about these types of potentialities. For professionals that work hard every day to ensure these types of issues never impact his...
  2. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    Re: No physical damage: Are you referring to the flicking? If yes, what is its purpose? Re: Modesty: YES! Well Said! You wrote: "Then, like now, guys may seem like we are immodest, but the truth is...
  3. Nurses, Clients and Power

    I'm not quite sure I'm following the main theme of this particular thread, but do I understand that here it is regarding the manipulation of the power imbalance in regard to patient modesty?...
  4. Male nursing and needing chaperone

    This is a double standard predicated on the misconception that abusers can only be male, and abuse victims are only female, or male children. We live in a culture that has evolved and advanced on many...
  5. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    Very nice post from Cadad! I agree that the mere fact that this is being discussed and considered to include a modesty consideration context on the double standard working against males, is a huge...
  6. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    As this thread is pertaining specifically to patient modesty I, also, suspect a warning is coming. However, this sort of post clearly shows that it is futile to discuss something like patient modesty...
  7. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    yes!.. good point. the relevance in mentioning that it was "a man" (not a "nurse," not a "doctor," not a "medical student") was because in so doing it drives the message home better. it is clearly...
  8. The 10 REAL Reasons Men Don't Go to the Doctor

    We end up doing the only thing we, as men, are permitted to do about this stuff -- we "laugh." But gender double standards are not funny. Male modesty inconsideration is not funny. The...
  9. I think this happens because correctional staff tend to walk in two worlds. The first is one in which their authority is virtually indisputable (on the job). The second is one in which dialogue is...
  10. Hey, word to the wise.... take it from me, outside views don't appear to, ...how shall we say..umm.....always seem welcomed in this speciality area of
  11. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    Wonderful article. I really like that it gets quickly to the irony of the issue: "At the hospital where Ms. Duffy was a patient and at many others the small courtesies that help lubricate and dignify...
  12. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    Please don't take this the wrong way, but patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery, or patient modesty concerns pertaining to operating rooms, or patient modesty concerns pertaining to emergency...
  13. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    Okay, now having been refreshed on this story, I realize it is worse than I had originally thought. Let's deconstruct this a bit: 1) Male patient, and 2) teenager (not an adult), and 3) gown lifted,...
  14. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    Your point about females being abused during war....absolutely!.. I hope I never slighted their consideration in my description of the abuse inflicted on the men in Abu Ghraib. Of course...their abuse...
  15. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    The skate boarder story is, I think, somewhere in this thread many pages ago. Or, maybe another similar modesty thread. Not sure. If I remember correctly, he wasn't left in the hallway (I was trying...
  16. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    For what it is worth, I actually think patient advocates as an option/solution here would probably be very effective for female patients. The concept is a good one. I just know that it would never...
  17. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    A lot of great stuff coming out here. Let's all agree to one absolute -- this sort of has to serve as a foundation from which subsequent analysis is possible: I don't care how professional a person...
  18. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    When I wrote the post on desensitization, I was trying to get at the why behind the behavior. Let's break from describing the behavior for a moment and try to unearth the roots. I happen to believe...
  19. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    I'm not sure an advocate option would be practical for half the patient population. And, from a male perspective, this would likely do little to address the double standard. If advocates are...
  20. I happen to believe this whole safety thing is well overdone, overused, overly applied, overly reference, and steadfastly becoming a correctional veil under which substandard interventions and care is...
  21. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    There is room for improvement across the board when it comes to modesty consideration. That is true for female patients, male patients and everything in between. However, I have clearly been harping a...
  22. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    I think I understand this now. Okay, if a male patient states his preference to receive care from a female caregiver, then he is considered a potential pig/pervert. Nonetheless, we recognize this as...
  23. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    Yes... I see your point a little better now. I never really analyzed it from the perspective of a female patient that may actually prefer to have a male caregiver. Doh!.. my male brain doing its...
  24. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    try something. ask your husband to imagine a hypothetical scenario. ask him to imagine that he was going to have to have a foley placed in the hospital, and he will choose to have either a straight...
  25. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    Yes, some male patients would prefer female caregivers for intimate care. And, there are probably some female paitents who would prefer male caregivers for intimate care. It is about choice. Now,...