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Re: GENERAL: a question for chaperone nurses

From: able baker (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:07:29 -0500 (CDT)


At Sun, 17 Aug 2008, JoAnn NP wrote: >
>At Sun, 17 Aug 2008, able baker wrote:
>>
>>I have questions I would like to ask regarding chaperone nurses and
>>their feeling towards the process :
>>
>>1) do you think it is a valuable use of your training and hard won
>>qualifications to spend your time chaperoning ?
>>
>>2) would you yourself allow the same male doctor who you are chaperoning
>>to intimately examine you ?
>>
>>3) Would you allow your own daughter to be examined by the same male
>>doctor or would you direct her towards a female doctor ?
>>
>>4) If you thought a doctor was overstepping the mark in a sexual manner,
>>would you "whistle blow" on him ?
>>
>>5) When you youself require care, do you arrange to be examined by male
>>or female doctors or both ?
>>
>>many thanks for any replies
>>
>>A B
>
>I have been a chaperone nurse .As a Nurse Practitioner, I have had a
>chaperone under necessary circumstances,for instance if the patient
>wanted one or suffered from mental illness.I have learned a lot about
>patient care acting as a chaperone. Also,I have also gotten to see
>abnormalities and learn about these conditions.Personally,I wouldn't
>work with a Doctor I wouldn't let examine me.Male Doctors are often as
>compassionate and caring as well as competent as female MD's I was
>taught my Nurse Practitioner ways by Male MD's.As far as the sexual
>manner,whether it is towards you or the patient ,you need to follow your
>Board of Nursing guidelines.If you have human resources where you work
>,it would be advised to go there.For my care ,I arrange to be examined
>by males and females .I am greatful to have both helping with my care.It
>will be interesting to hear what others have to say. JoAnn NP
>
>--
>Jo Ann NP
>Scottsdale, Arizona

note whilst Jo Ann's kind and helpful reply remains, my original post appears to have been removed , obviously due to some kind of censorship over perhaps awkward questions ! >




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