real bed baths on classmate?

Tweety, BSN, RN · Sep 1, 2005

We wore shorts and practiced bed baths on each other. It was a bit uncomfortable.

truern · Sep 1, 2005

She told us when she was in school they had to do breast exams on each other.

My gero instructor told us that in her NP class they had to do pelvics on the instructor.

Hey, it's only fair if they expect much of the same from you :imbar

belabelisa · Sep 2, 2005

My gero instructor told us that in her NP class they had to do pelvics on the instructor.
Hey, it's only fair if they expect much of the same from you :imbar

OH MY! :eek: Talk about uncomfortable. I'm glad things have changed!

sunny59 · Sep 2, 2005

We just found out we will be practising bed baths on each other Tuesday. We are to bring shorts and a tank top to change into, we only have one guy in our nusing class, poor guy said he is ok with getting one, but really nervous about giving it. We just did repostioning on each other which was no biggie, not sure what else we will be practising on each other.

Sunny

jilliebean · Sep 2, 2005

[]the most intimate thing we had to do was brush each others teeth.

nurseabc123 · Sep 3, 2005

we didn't do baths but we had too get into gowns (with pants and bra on) to practice abdominal IAPP on each other. As far as baths, we just had to practice on the dummies. We were supposed to get into gowns for some sort of assessment (i forget what exactly it was now) but the teacher said "I am not coming behind the curtains unless you ask me for help" which basically was her way of saying that she won't tell if we just all pretend. And pretend we did. We had all grumbled about having to change that day. She told us when she was in school they had to do breast exams on each other.

Along with the "real bed baths" -- we do perform breast exams on each other! What is wrong with my school??

beduvroses · Sep 3, 2005

I hope my school doesn't have us strip down to our bra and panties. We have alot of men in my clinical class. We don't to the hospitas until October. That want be fair. Alot of us are married. I am alittle overweight I want feel comfortable in doing that.

camay1221_RN · Sep 3, 2005

We had to wear swimsuits and shorts.. not a big deal, there is no way in $%^$ that I would take my bra off.. not even for a license!

This is how we 'dressed' for our bed bath also.

Fun2, BSN, RN · Sep 5, 2005

Uncomfortable or not, just think of them as your nurse. It's all professional.

I'm not sure how the program is done at the school where I applied, but if it is ran like yours I'll be shopping for granny panties.. :eek: LOL

In medical assisting school we put ECG leads on each other...male or female.

All students need to get over their uneasiness of touching certain areas, so other students are the guinee (sp?) pigs. ('cause a cat won't work! .....oh wait that's another thread.... :rotfl: :rotfl: )

roznshine · Sep 5, 2005

The entire class should pull together, and not do this. What does the D.O.N. have to say about it? Two semesters ago, they tried the same thing at our school. We won!

I guess I'm just posting this to see if this is common to other nursing schools. I just started my first year of nursing school and next week we have to perform a bed bath (+ vitals, make occupied bed) on one of our classmates. This means that we have to wear a hospital gown with nothing on underneath except for our underwear (no bra!). There will be 10 students completing these at the same time in the same lab room (separated by curtains), 8 girls and 2 guys, then each pair has a separate student to evaluate while our clinical instructor walks around to each group asking questions, checking us on vitals etc.
We actually wash them with soap and water, change the gown etc. I don't know if this is just me, but bed baths with pts. alone is an intimate experience enough.. but doing it on classmates you haven't even known for a week? I guess I'm just not the one to get naked in a class full of my peers and washed! Do you do this at your nursing school??

eyshonda · Sep 5, 2005

I Am A First Year Student And We Did NOT Practice Baths On Each Other. Thank God I Am Not In The Best Shape. I Am Not Uneasy About Touching Other People But Uneasy About People Touching Me.

Cardioprincess81 · Sep 7, 2005

I just learned how to do a bed bath today, it was a crash course but none of us were naked by any means!!!! We all were allowed to wear shorts and a tshirt, the teaching part didn't include water...thankfully the darn room is like an ice box. But the check off will be with water...i gotta practice more, i dropped my bucket twice and was thankful I wasn't using water yet. LOL

I would personally, tell you instructor you feel uncomfortable about being so exposed to your classmates or I would tell the director of the department. If at any point you feel uncomfortable, stop, think, and then realize there is always another way of doing this.