Pubic hair

[nurseJLoo]

My female patient wants me to shave her pubic hair, she cant do it herself she only has limited movement of one arm . Should I do it? (I would rather not) any advice? Update-this is a LTC Vent patient who is not going home. Believe it or not this isn't the first patient that asked me to do this I had another patient with ALS ask me to trim hers with an electric razor because she said the hair gets caught in her underwear and pulls. I had got "pulled" to her unit and she asked me to do it -had her own electric razor-so me like a fool assuming the nurses were doing it for her went ahead and did it then i found out that only a few people would do it for her. What do I look like? the personal pube trimmer? also she was a real pain in the butt about how it was trimmed, I dont want to relive that nightmare!

[lovingtheunloved, ASN, RN]

But no, I wouldn't do it myself. I don't want to risk impairing any pt's skin integrity.

Skin integrity? It's a heck of a lot harder to shave a 87 year old man's wrinkly face than a young woman's legs.

[justpoorfect]

The best response, IMO, is that this is a task best managed after discharge.

OMG, AFTER discharge????

:chuckle

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

I seriously doubt anyone meant that kind of discharge.:stone

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Skin integrity? It's a heck of a lot harder to shave a 87 year old man's wrinkly face than a young woman's legs.

And i would think even harder to shave anyone's pubic area.

[WOLFE, BSN, RN]

Interesting topic...can't say I have ever had a pt request this.Though I have shaved legs and many many faces.

[bethin]

Just a little too personal. You said she won't be going home. Is there any chance you could get someone who is a cosmetologist or esthescian to come in and do it for her?

Marie, we may be in Key West at the same time!! We're going to Key West on Thursday, July 27th. Maybe we'll see each other.

[caroladybelle, BSN, RN]

As my patients all have lousy white and platelet counts, very little gets shaved unless absolutely necessary.

Carolina - hemo/onco girl

[anonymurse]

Skin integrity? It's a heck of a lot harder to shave a 87 year old man's wrinkly face than a young woman's legs.

Legs? Nah, I won't do legs, either. Anyway, I hear ya, I recently cut a wrinkly guy's face after he insisted repeatedly on being shaved. He called it off mid-shave.

[Otessa, BSN, RN]

I would have a family member tatke care of the pubic hair trimming. I don't cut hair unless it is on the face-and sometimes legs. No haircuts, no pubic hair removal......

[Spritenurse1210, BSN, RN]

:icon_hug: you poor thing

[VeryPlainJane]

Normally, I would say do it yourself...but if she looked like she had Don King in a leglock...I would do it.

[Spritenurse1210, BSN, RN]

Normally, I would say do it yourself...but if she looked like she had Don King in a leglock...I would do it.

:lol_hitti