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Author:
Sara
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Date Posted: 06:52:05 10/27/09 Tue
In reply to:
Carol
's message, "Unnecessary exposure" on 16:45:20 10/21/09 Wed
A woman wrote some time ago about being allowed to stay in the cubicle while her husband was being shaved for surgery.
She was absolutely stunned when the young female technician
peeled off his sheet and removed his gown leaving him on the cot without a stitch for the entire time.
She shaved the man from below his armpits to just above his knees, including everything in between. The wife felt that exposing him completely for the entire time was not at all necessary. She could have worked her way down, uncovering, shaving, and re-covering, as she progressed.
When I mentioned this post to my sister, who was an aide years ago when she was in college, she had no idea what I was talking about. She said it made no difference how the girl did it because she would be seeing everything anyhow.
She said that as she recalled, some of the girls she worked with did it that way because it was a lot more efficient without having to adjust the sheets repeatedly.
No matter what I said, I could not convince here that it does make a big difference to many, or even most, patients.
It would certainly make a difference to me, but maybe I'm being too prudish. How would you feel about it?
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