"Male Problems" while nursing female

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How do you handle yourself if you have "Enzyte induced engorgement" while working with a female patient?

I had this happen once while working in the ER doing an EKG.

Does this happen to others? Help me out here.

Please don't say I'm not being professional or this isn't the job for me, etc. These things happen, I want to know how to deal with it (at that immediate moment)

Thanks

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We absolutely have our patients do their own morning ablutions as a part of getting well and out of the hospital.

There are just some guys who won't take "no" for an answer - it is rare of course. So we only use our male nurses "rarely". :wink2:

Actually, I asked another nurse (female) to put in a foley cath for me due to the patient being a 17 year old friend of my sons who was like a son to me. It would have been too embarrassing for him and me.

Flexibility and teamwork are the keys to any good work experience . . .and I've drifted off-topic, haven't I? :rolleyes:

steph

I, too, Steph am guilty of drifting. Yet, our conversation was somewhat applicable, and as always, enjoy reading your post. :wink2:

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Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Psych.

To the OP,

It probably isn't as noticeable as you think. I think that best suggestion is to wear loose fitting scrubs and DON'T TUCK IN THE TOP! This should keep everything out of site. Also, if you need to ask a female to do a procedure to keep you from getting aroused, feel free. She will probably think that it is to keep the patient from harm, even though it's to keep you from being 'excited'. Offer a trade - you'll get her two blood sugars if she does your EKG. See if this works. Good luck!

CrazyPremed

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when able, i always get fresh water, facecloth and hand it to my male/female pt, to do their own peri care.

my first pt however, was a quadriplegic.

otherwise he too, would have been handed the washcloth...

honestly, this is the first time i've heard about male hcw getting aroused w/pts.

i don't think i wll ever outgrow my gullibility and naivete.

leslie

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These things happen, I want to know how to deal with it (at that immediate moment)
Agreed. And it happens even when not dealing with pericare or anything that might even remotely seem "suggestive".

*shrug* I try solving a third order differential equation or the derivative of [sin θ/θ] in my head the minute I *think* it starts to happen. Distraction has always worked in the past for me.

Also, I agree with the wear scrup tops untucked thing.

cheers,

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Agreed. And it happens even when not dealing with pericare or anything that might even remotely seem "suggestive".

how so?

when would this happen, in the absence of something remotely suggestive?

leslie

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how so?

when would this happen, in the absence of something remotely suggestive?

leslie

Leslie,

I don't know. Honest. Sometimes, it just happens.

Positioning and pressure are major factors, I guess. You're not even thinking about it when you're leaning over to roll/move a heavy patient from the gurney onto the bed and once you're done, you have the distinct feeling of it being 'not what it was' before. Or it "changes" on and off when you're riding a bike. Blast of cold air hits it and you have a reaction - maybe not a full fledged one, but a reaction no less.

And this isn't 100% accurate every-single-time. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes you'd do the exact same thing and nothing happens.

It's not an 'exact' thing ... :sofahider

Wish I could explain it better :bugeyes:

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Specializes in ER, Med/Surg.

I've re-read my post of 9-17 PM and would like to applogize, it doesn't set forth a "professional" tone. My "...busty 20-somethings..." was not in good taste. Nor my remark about what may come up this week.

And I don't know why the rest of the guys were still sitting in the room.

Believe me that I am most serious about my career choice and have worked very hard at it thus far. I don't want less to be thought of me for something I typed out in haste.

Sincerely,

Pat

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Leslie,

I don't know. Honest. Sometimes, it just happens.

Positioning and pressure are major factors, I guess. You're not even thinking about it when you're leaning over to roll/move a heavy patient from the gurney onto the bed and once you're done, you have the distinct feeling of it being 'not what it was' before. Or it "changes" on and off when you're riding a bike. Blast of cold air hits it and you have a reaction - maybe not a full fledged one, but a reaction no less.

And this isn't 100% accurate every-single-time. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes you'd do the exact same thing and nothing happens.

It's not an 'exact' thing ... :sofahider

Wish I could explain it better :bugeyes:

clinging even more to my female treaters....

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Leslie,

I don't know. Honest. Sometimes, it just happens.

Positioning and pressure are major factors, I guess. You're not even thinking about it when you're leaning over to roll/move a heavy patient from the gurney onto the bed and once you're done, you have the distinct feeling of it being 'not what it was' before. Or it "changes" on and off when you're riding a bike. Blast of cold air hits it and you have a reaction - maybe not a full fledged one, but a reaction no less.

And this isn't 100% accurate every-single-time. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes you'd do the exact same thing and nothing happens.

It's not an 'exact' thing ... :sofahider

Wish I could explain it better :bugeyes:

Roy - you did a good job! I had to explain it to my sons too - hey, it just happens. Without any thought or action on your part sons.

My 5 year old sometimes complains to me about his "who-who" standing up . . . . "why does it do that mommy?". :rolleyes: Oh and "I" don't call it "who-who" . . . that comes from his dad who won't say member. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Erections happen . . . . ah, a new bumper sticker. :wink2:

steph

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how so?

when would this happen, in the absence of something remotely suggestive?

leslie

Roy gave several scenarios... I'd just call it an idiopathic erection. (and then I giggle, because I just made that up, and it sounds funny...) But seriously, they happen... and for that reason, all the suggestions about distractions and boxer/briefs and untucked scrub tops are very sound.

When the etiology of the engorgement IS known, as in the OP's case, the same tips still apply.

So to the OP: take into account all the suggestions, stay professional, and keep a stiff upper lip.

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Ha Ha, I'll try, or not....whichever....

Thanks all, I start my clinicals today.

Pat

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How do you handle yourself if you have "Enzyte induced engorgement" while working with a female patient?

I had this happen once while working in the ER doing an EKG.

Does this happen to others? Help me out here.

Please don't say I'm not being professional or this isn't the job for me, etc. These things happen, I want to know how to deal with it (at that immediate moment)

Thanks

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i just wear briefs w/ elastic lining...so no matter what, i keep it up at 12, which keeps it from poking out

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