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1. What's In Your Staff Bathroom?

   ethics&modesty replied to oldpsychnurse's topic in General Nursing

2. How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

   ethics&modesty replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

   Excellent observations. The system of incentives is different for the medical profession. One indigent drug addict or one gang-banger with multiple gun shot wounds brought into the ER can cost a small fortune to treat. They won't be paying those bill...

3. How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

   ethics&modesty replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

   Economics is the study of scarcity. There is never enough of anything to satisfy everyone. Labor like any other commodity is a matter of supply and demand. It is also a matter of what the market can bear. No matter how good a deal you are offering on...

4. What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

   ethics&modesty replied to SICUshortCait's topic in General Nursing

   Ruby - your post brought ne to tears i was laughing so hard. Bobby T.

5. Learning Intimate Exams

   ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

   Dear Rocknurse, Curious as to which medical facility hosted your nursing students. I assume that you and the others were going for physician's assistant or nurse practitioner. Yes, we get a stipend for the day but it is not a full time job even if yo...

6. Learning Intimate Exams

   ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

   Thank you. Yes, most are 2nd year med students who are usually totally inexperienced. They all look like they are going to their doom when they enter the exam room for the first time. My job is to first address their feelings of embarrassment, fear ...

7. Learning Intimate Exams

   ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

   Interesting perspective especially on real life and real patients. You then advocate the sink or swim method of learning. But if I were teaching music I would not start with Beethoven's fifth. I would teach the student the scales. Real patients can p...

8. Learning Intimate Exams

   ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

   Thank you. That was very helpful. I find that most nursing students going for a certification already have practical patient experience so are less intimidated with the sight and touch of a patient. One of the best questions from a bolder student is...

9. Learning Intimate Exams

   ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

   "Voluntold", eh? I like that He should be commendedHow many faces did he light up when the It is sad that we do not fund our nursing students and even our medical students better. However there are many nursing schools that do, specifically for nurs...

10. Learning Intimate Exams

    ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

    I know what you mean. Years ago when I was in my 20's I was taken to the ER for difficulty breathing and was diagnosed with pneumonia. The Doc said he would order a shot of antibiotics to "kickstart" the fight with the infection followed by oral meds...

11. Learning Intimate Exams

    ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

    Acting like you have been there before when you have not presents students with a dilemma of sorts. How much to tell a patient? Do you intentionally hide the fact that you are new to medicine in order to keep your patient calm or are you honest to de...

12. Learning Intimate Exams

    ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

    Nobody can do this for a living. We are paid a small stipend but most of us, male and female, do this to improve the medical profession. Similar to donating blood several times a year. Yes, we are trained by gynecologists and urologists just like eve...

13. Learning Intimate Exams

    ethics&modesty replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

    No, I am a standardized patient who specializes in teaching intimate exams. I have my female counterparts called GTA's who teach students how to give a breast exam and gynecological exam including how to take a PAP smear. Years ago they would take m...

14. Learning Intimate Exams

    ethics&modesty posted a topic in General Students

    I work as a male urological teaching associate. I use my body to teach students to find all of the physical landmarks to do a complete exam including inguinal lymph nodes, hernia, testicular cancer, STD's, locate the epididymus, vas deferns, femoral ...