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1. Recommended age to start checking for foreskin retractability?

   SydneyKidney replied to NPAmy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I'll repost my comment from a similar post: So, I asked a friend of mine (who's a pediatric urologist, and probably the smartest woman I know) about this topic, and she said that she recommends...

2. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Wow, I forget all about this post. So, I asked a friend of mine (who's a pediatric urologist, and probably the smartest woman I know) about this topic, and she said that she recommends retraction...

3. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I talked to the other NPs at the practice and they all say they

4. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Fast and without warning was a very poor choice of words. Gently and efficiently with no unnecessary conversation in order to minimize embarrassment was what I

5. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Is Camillia right? Does doing it that way (fast and without warning) reduce embarrassment? Also, have you encountered any problems with retracting the foreskin routinely? Because a lot of people here...

6. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   What CamilliaJGP

7. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Anyone do anything

8. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I do know enough about uncircumsized boys to know to never forcibly retract. But I'm assuming that you can give it a very light tug to see if it's separated before you actually retract,

9. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

   SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I feel like lots of boys would be too embarrassed to say anything if they had a

10. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's exactly what I'm looking

11. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    SydneyKidney replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm a NP (meaning I can do physicals), and the standard physical form I've seen from schools and camps has a "Genitourinary (Males Only)" box. And I live in (and went to school in) an area with a...

12. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    SydneyKidney posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just started work at a family clinic and I've had to do some physicals for kids and teens. Obviously, if you're giving a boy a physical you have to check for TC and a hernia, but if the boy is...