Can we have patient modesty ?
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I'm male, in 50s. Went for a urological procedure and had to take everything off and don gown. So far, so good. Lay on examination table, told doctor was coming and had gown pushed up to neck so am bare from shoulders down to everyone on my team- included 3 women- and everyone else in the large operating theatre- at least another half dozen women plus some blokes.
Doctor didn't come and I said to one of the women on my team that it was uncomfortable to have about nine women looking at my exposed genitals.. Oh we've seen it all before is the stock answer. Well it hasn't reduced your interest is what you think because they were looking at me very openly and obviously I thought.
So, what' importance is put on helping out patients who aren't used to casual baring of private parts in publlc ?v Why can't we have some screening or al least draping. Better things for NHS to spend money on? Medical staff- male & female- seem very casual about modesty. Perhaps they should try lying on a slab nude while the room looks at them !
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donald16398 charlie14064
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The last time I was in a hospital I had urinary incontinence.I did not always have assistance from a man.
Nursing schools need to make a greater effort to attract more men into nursing.
raffie donald16398
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More men need to stop being afraid to speak up & until they get more men in the ranks, it time facilities started using the males they have in cross-training or step-in mode. A male hospitalist could step in for a nurse & a male rad tech could be cross-trained to do male ultrasounds.
There's no reason other than laziness on the part of the facilities that this cannot happen. Men have to be forceful & start demanding change or it will never happen.
donald16398 charlie14064
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I would have a prostate ultrasound if I am assured of an all team.
donald16398 charlie14064
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I would have a prostate ultrasound if I am assured of an all male team.
raffie donald16398
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The American healthcare system is too cheap to spend money on something that would give men more privacy & keep their dignity intact.
However. The Prostate Transpubic Sonography that you are speaking about, is done by placing a probe ABOVE the pubic hairline not requiring ANY exposure of the patient's genitals.
If they insist on exposing you, YOU TELL THEM IT'S NOT necessary. They're only doing it to embarrass & humiliate you especially if she has a chaperone with her.
Men MUST take a stand if this nightmare is to end. For over a half a century women have had their dignity respect & privacy protected at the expense of male healthcare.
More & more men are walking away from needed healthcare rather than be humiliated any further.
Regards,
Raffie
raffie donald16398
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Hi Don.
Were you able to secure an all male team & get your ultrasound?
Raffie
donald16398 charlie14064
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Self closing doors should be mandatory on all patient rooms.
raffie donald16398
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Hi Donald:
That would be nice but that would put patient's before profits & in the US healthcare system at least, that's a BIG NO NO.
Profits ALWAYS come before patients is rule number 1 the greed mongers teach.
Regards,
Raffie
donald16398 charlie14064
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Imagine one of these nine women was lying naked and nine men were watching her.One of the men said "we have seen it all.You don't have anything. we haven't seen."
donald16398 charlie14064
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Are the numbers of male nurses In The United States increasings ?