"Male Problems" while nursing female

jov · Sep 17, 2006

umm... think about baseball?

seriously, as a woman, I have no "real" advice other than to say, it's a normal physiological reaction. Sometimes our bodies have minds of their own, shall we say? This sort of thing happens to women, too, ya know.

Pat_Pat RN · Sep 17, 2006

I'm not much into sports....but thanks.

It isn't quite as obvious in women as in men shall we say.

Thanks though

Melina · Sep 17, 2006

Try tight briefs and loose pants. If you are having reoccuring "issues", you could even use some kind of genital restraint--something that would be painful if you got an erection.

Jov was a bit flippant, but she's right about distracting yourself with trivia. Can you focus on the medical procedure? Recite in your head every EKG abnormality you can think of, list differential dx for whatever you are dealing with, or even try to name every structure your blood had to pump through in order to reach your member.

~Mel'

jov · Sep 17, 2006

unless you have to wear a Speedo as your nursing uniform, or you are unusually well endowed (ahem), it's probably not as obvious as you think.

KScott · Sep 17, 2006

Dumb question... I mean I "know" what it is, but what EXACTLY does "enzyte induced" mean? Extremely curious, especially since jov says women get it, too.

Pat_Pat RN · Sep 17, 2006

Perhaps I used the wrong euphemism....Viagra or Cialis would've been a better choice.

Sexual arousal is what I was referring to.

rn/writer, RN · Sep 17, 2006

Sexual arousal is the focus of this thread.

Actually, the avoidance or disguising of sexual arousal is the focus of this thread.

Any of you guys out there found yourself with a similar problem? How did you deal with it?

Gragorin · Sep 17, 2006

It happens to virtually all men at one time or another. I wear compression shorts under my scrubs (stops rubbing and is very comfortable) so it reduces the obvious things but as was mentioned above, those of us that are more "gifted" have an even bigger problem (pun intended ). That's why I'm glad I wear my scrub tops outside of my bottoms.

Going off to think of something else, or doing something else helps. Especially if it doesn't involved whatever medium sparked the issue in the first place...

KScott · Sep 17, 2006

Yes, I realize the thread is about sexual arousal, but I was wondering what enzyte enduced meant. So, what you're talking about is arousal that occurs after taking a medication designed for that purpose? So, why do women have it? Not, that anybody would notice. I was thinking it might be some sort of arousal brought on just by being close to somebody - physically - or maybe because of stress, or a shared stress. I don't know. When I don't know what something means I can come up with a whole lot of definitions on my own.

malenurse1 · Sep 17, 2006

Unless I am mistaken he wasn't talking about just medication induced arousal. He was talking about getting an erection while working with a female patient that he clearly found attractive. The further implication is that women deal with non-medication induce arousal when working with an attractive male. It just isn't evident to anyone but her. We can speak frankly here, after all we are professionals. While this has never happened to me, (maybe I am too old or dead, lol), I think it helps to wear tight underwear (no boxers guys) and my scrub pants are loose fitting. I also wear my shirt untucked should this problem ever arise, (pun intended). I would recommend seperating yourself from the causitive agent and recomposing yourself. Distraction is as always an effective technique for alleviating excess blood flow.

Pat_Pat RN · Sep 17, 2006

KScott,

No, I'm sorry, you are correct in your definition. I am not taking any drug to induce it. Bad naming on my part. I AM speaking of being close to someone and having this occur. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

I used "Enzyte" cause it is supposed to ENHANCE your member. That is why I used that name initially. I was making a funny.

The one and only time this happened I was performing an EKG on a young busty female patient and had to manipulate her breast around in order to place the electrodes. I used the back of my hand to kinda push the breast around, thinking that wouldn't make me think about it....that was enough. I had to fiddle with the machine after I had the EKG captured, and printed it out....to kill time and give me time to think about other things (kitty cats, car wrecks, grandma in her underwear.....etc....) before I could leave the bedside.

Sorry for the miscommunication.