Female
Patient Modesty
It is usually easier for female
patients to get their wishes for female nurses to do intimate
procedures such as urinary catheterizations on them since there
are many more female nurses than male nurses. There are usuaully
no male nurses in Labor & Delivery units at many hospitals
so female patients who go through childbirth can often be assured
that they would only have female nurses.
Many hospitals especially in
rural areas cannot guarantee a woman that she would have a female
ob/gyn deliver her baby if she wishes to because they often
have more male ob/gyns or not enough female ob/gyns. For example,
one hospital has two male ob/gyns and two female ob/gyns and
that is a problem because all of the doctors are on call.
Some female gynecologists do
not undersand how important modesty is to many women and their
husbands. For example, one female ob/gyn invited some medical
students to come in for a C-Section despite one woman's written
request to not have any medical students present. Birth
of a child is supposed to be a joyous time for both the woman
and her husband. Modesty is often disregarded when
a woman gives birth. Some people may assume women are too focused
on the pain of childbirth to be concerned about modesty, but
that is not true.
One lady and her husband requested an all female ob/gyn surgical
team to be present for her hysterectomy. All of the medical
professionals were female except for one male scrub. The lady
saw him as she was being drugged. Just because you have a female
gynecologist for your surgery, there is no guarantee that there
will be no male medical professionals present. You must speak
up about your wishes and request that they tell you who all
will be present for your surgery. Check out OB/GYN
Tips and the other related articles below.
Sometimes, ECG or other heart
procedures can expose too much of a woman's breasts. This is
rarely an issue with men because most of them don't care to
be topless unless they have conditions such as gynecomastia.
Some men with gynecomastia are embarrassed to be topless.
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