Student Nurses

Members, if you had go to a Health Department, Doctor, or an Urgent Care Center and you were told that your temperature was going to be taken rectally and the person who was going to take your rectal temperature is a student nurse. Would you let the student nurse take your rectal temperature?

My answer to this question is yes. I would ask the student nurse to turn away from me so I can drop my pants and lay either on my side or on tummy for her to take it.

What is your answer members? What would you do?

I would rollover on to my tummy and pull my pants and underware down to my knees and rest my head on the pillow.

This is a moot point because you aren't going to be told your temperature will be taken rectally.

What is your answer members? What would you do?

After I woke up from my dream, I'd think about the erotic rectal temp dream that I was having, close my fingers around my erect cock and start stroking. What else would you do if you had a fantasy/dream like that?

Back in the day I had my temperature taken by a student nurse many times. I went to a very busy pediatric office and quite often there was a student nurse helping the nurses. It was probably a student in their final year of nursing school (though I am not positive). There was nothing I could do about it. They did act pretty professional so I guess it didn't really matter who took my temperature. I hated getting it in the rectum no matter who was doing it. These days you would never find this. Rectal temperatures are just not done anymore, certainly not after infancy.

If the student nurse was my gf, and it was in private, then I would be most happy to oblige. I would not allow some stranger in a clinic to take my rectal temperature. There is no need for it, and if they want practice, they can either do that with their friends, or on themselves. Maybe they could even have a party, where someone brings the food and beer, and the guests bring their favorite thermometers. Seriously folks, learning how to be a competent nurse, should not require adult and able patients to be used as guinea pigs.

Then again, if they don't know the difference between mouth and ass by this point, they probably won't go very far in life.

Yes I would let a Student Nurse take my temperature .

I would let the student nurse take my temp rectally and then as she told or asked me what position to be in would comply

A few years ago at the VA for my annual check-up my ARNP had a female trainee with her. She asked if it was ok with me to have her do the exam and I agreed. Normally it consisted of about the same non exam I get from the medicare doc at home. The trainee/student gave me the most thorough exam I'd had in several years including the infamous finger wave. I was happy to get such a good exam and the trainee/student thing didn't bother me at all.

I would think it would be unusual that a Doctor or Urgent Care clinic would want to take my temperature rectally since it is rarely done nowadays. I would find it awkward, but if there was some reason for it I would let the student nurse go ahead take my rectal temperature.

I remember in the early 1970's being in the hospital. My mother was in my room when a registered nurse walked in and explained that she was teaching a group of student nurses and asked if it was alright if they could practice "Taking a temperature" on me while she supervised. "It's up to him" she said and then the nurse asked if I could be their "practice" patient and that she would appreciate it very much as it would help the students. I agreed and the nurse left the room and returned with three very young looking woman in their late teens to about 20.

The older registered nurse had me turn over onto my stomach and addressed one of the young woman. "Take the patient's rectal temperature and chart it. " she ordered and watched as she carried out the procedure and commented on her technique. This was repeated by the other two in the same manner. My anus was then wiped with tissue and I was covered up. My mom thanked me for "helping " the students and being a good boy.

Just fantasy nowadays and if it would happen I would never turn a experience like that down. As for a student nurse I remember when I was a teenager I was in the hospital after I had jaw surgery and the student nurses were wearing the classic uniform and starch cap and they took my temperature as I was in the hospital for almost a week and just remember they only took it under my arm and maybe in my ear but really can't remember as all I know my mouth was completely wired shut and can't remember any nurses taking my temp rectally as I was in a lot of pain and face looked like a chipmunk.

I would be ashamed but surely I would let here take my temp...

Well, since you gotta obey the nurse :p

It might be less embarrassing for another woman to take my rectal temperature, than for a male patient. However, I do remember how scarlet faced my 19 year old brother became, when a student nurse, about his age, took his rectal temp, right after visiting hours. I was lingering in the hall, outside of his room, just after visiting hours were over at 8PM.

Student or not I would be delighted to drop my pants and bend over for an RT.

When I was in nursing school we had to practice on each other before we were allowed anywhere near a patient. We were shown how to take oral, rectal and axillary (armpit) temperatures and then took turns on each other until the instructor was satisfied. Even in those days axillary temperatures were the norm but there were cases where rectal temperatures had to be taken.

@Meiwei88 We must be of the same generation. EVERYTHING was done within the class, on each other to the instructor's satisfaction before they even thought about letting us loose on humans. We were our own crash dummies. This applied from the simplest taking of a pulse, to rectal temps (which were the standard at the time ... as I date myself, here) to enemas, injections, and most anything else!

Sounds like fun and know my girlfriend and her friends practice a lot on me at our home and wasn't mad about that at all!. She told me they practice mainly with dummies at her nursing school and later did give injections to themselves but they prefer to have me in as the guinea pig but the school said no:-(

I have to admit, I practiced with a few dummies too in school!

I was in an ER and asked the nurse if I could have my temperature taken rectally. She said it was ok but had a younger female, either a student nurse ( though) I don’t think so because at that hour students would have most likely been gone, or an employee for whatever position (?) Apparently assigned that evening to the ER.

My vivid recollection is this young woman’s name tag…” Trainee”.

After the RN pulled my pants and underpants down, this trainee did the temperature measurement rectally with a glass mercury thermometer. And the RN made sure the procedure was performed correctly. Standing and watching.

I would be more than thrilled to accommodate them!!

@roscoe ,

I am a vet but also worked for the VA.

There was a time when I was seen by a urologist and his student doctor ( female) both of whom did a Dre on me. He first then under his watchful eye, she did it. This was at a VA hospital.

If I had to participate in a class training exercise, involving rectal temps. on fellow students, I would be very embarrassed. For those who had to do that, were the students matched by same sex, or did they have male/female participants ? Did anyone enjoy it, or find it uncomfortable ?/

I had this done a few times. It was a busy pediatric practice and from time to time they used nursing students to weigh, measure, do blood pressure, and take rectal temperatures. When younger I didn’t think anything about it, but at 16 or 17 years it was quite embarrassing because we would be close to the same age. It was almost like having a girl in your high school class take your temperature.

I realize there is RT fetish and obsession. However I've been a ‘sickly’ person, with too many operations and doctor visits. I can't remember an RT, but at age 6 I remember gagging as I had oral temp, and ever after. Little vital signs kit had digital oral temp, bp cuff on a rolling stand. Now they have ear, forehead and infrared every where in the covid time. Wouldn't it be fun if every one had an RT instead of an infrared scanner?

Never had my temperature taken rectally that I can remember, but certainly wouldn't object to a student nurse taking mine. Any bodily contact is usually welcomed at my age. Especially from someone younger. 😃

Of course. If they had been in nurse training for more than a day i assume seeing someone's butt is no big deal. I don't think they are there looking for a date. What I find most interesting in the question is that it is referred that the student nurse is a female. Does that make a difference?

I personally pass on anything involving students in real life. My wife(teaches and is a NP) always is telling me that students have to learn sometime!

Have dealt with med and nursing students. I f they are on the floor ,they are suppervised. they can take my temp anytime ,no worries