BryanD

Everything except a foley, eh? So in med school you practiced the "finger in the bum to check for spinal injury", pelvic exams, and all that other genital & bum related stuff on each other?

I'd explain the situation to the recruiter, tell them you really want to work there, but would need X many hours to make it possible, and see what they say before you quit the current job. I'm not in medicine, but if this was a simple Job A v Job B scenario, that's what I'd do. Not sure if the medical world has different rules and that would be breaking some kind of secret handshake or something. but in "the real world" I've found talking to folks honestly is the best way to figure these things out and see what's available.

I think she was one of those people who are in a perpetual bad mood and I was going through my a-hole teenager years.... had it been serious, I'm sure I would have raised a comotion about it and gotten the (peepshow free) treatment. Not sure what the laws up here in Canada are regarding refusing parts of treatment... I rarely go to the doctors anymore, & only go if it's something I cant fix myself (I've superglued many cuts shut rather than going in for stitches.) or won't clear up on its own. 3 ER visits in the last 15 years has been my medical history. (nothing serious enough to require surgery)

I've walked out of the ER due to this issue. I was on a construction site (high school summer job) and got hit in the shoulder by a piece of lumber that fell off of the pile. It hurt a bit, but stopped after a few minutes, so I forgot about it. The next morning I couldn't lift my arm more than 1/8 the way up... a bit of a sharp pain, but not major. So I went oth e ER to see if something was broken or if it just was some kinda funky intnernal sweling or something that would go away. I expected an exray, and that I'd have to take my shirt off. That would have been fine, Except the nurse who was in before the doctor kept insisting I get undressed and she was going to put in a cath. when I refused she tried to "order" me. I still refused and asked he to explain WHY I needed a cath, or to be naked at all for my SHOULDER. she gave me the "my way or the highway" routine. I chose the highway, and walked out. (by that evening, my arm was fine, and never had another episode of it) Sure, it wasn't life or death, but I still had to refuse medical treatment for a nurses ego? power trip? inability to break from routine? I still don't understand the medical profesions obsession with nudity. (yeah, yeah... the leg bones connected to the hip bone, the hip bones connectedto the back bone... I get that many things effect many other things, but to treat everyone on a "strip 'em and probe 'em assembly line" regardless of the injury has always bugged me.)

Sure, you may not care about my business hanging out... but I sure do. ( or will when I regain consiousness ) As for not having time to worry about specifics, try using the keywords search "gossip about patients" or "innapropriate" and see whats being reported. You may not care, but others certainly appear to take notes.

If it's already on file, but they're allowed to ignore it with no consequences, then I'm thinking wearing a padlocked metal chastity belt & bra 24/7 with a "do not remove" sticker on them are likely your only option. Sorry, couldn't resist the smart ass responce. I know exactly where you're coming from as this is one of my only fears as well, and would also like to know the answer.

Easy.... On other med students. All procedures short of surgery should be practiced on their fellow classmates. Also, making med students submit to "intimate" procedures such as caths & other "nudity required" exams / procedures by their classmates will allow to the student to undertstand what the pt is going through, and might help instill sensitivity to the pts modesty, having now been naked infront of (relative) strangers themselves. And... if the student doesn't do it right and causes a bit of pain / minor injury, there's less likely to be a lawsuit from an irate pt.

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