Ever hear or were told about someone who'd get an RT?

It was a very long time ago, but on at least two occasions I became aware that two patients would be getting their RTs taken. Once a nurse who I'd been speaking to, for whatever reason that I can't remember, told me that the young woman just finishing her admission forms would go to the ward she was to go on and her temperature would be obtained rectally on admission and every four hours afterwards.

A second occurrence was when I'd sliced my hand open, was seen in an ER and while waiting to be discharged, saw a woman and her daughter come in, and register. Shortly after, a nurse came by, brought them to an exam cubicle. She stepped out, and as another nurse was going by, I overheard the first nurse remark, "There's a woman and her daughter in Exam 3. I need a rectal temperature on the daughter. Took it orally...high".

When I had a lot of ear infections during my toddler years, my temperature was taken rectally 98% of the time. Just like I said under other threads; I was never touched by a nurse.

No I have never heard. But would love to ?

The only time that I can remember having my temperature taken rectally as a child was when I was 13. I had suffered a serious head injury and was out of it. I woke up feeling something cold sliding into my rectum. I replied. "What is going on?" My mother, who was sitting in a chair beside my bed, answered. "Honey, the nurse is just taking your temperature." I retorted. ""There?" Mother gave some explanation and the nurse said.. "Just hold still.and I'll be done in just a minute."

My little brother was feverish, mom said "I'll take his temperature", which meant rectally (no other way was used in our household). When older, we were asked to insert the thermometer ourselves and it was no mystery if mom said "we'll see whether you have a fever" to one of us that she expected the kid to go under bed covers or sheet, pull down pants and wait for her to bring the thermometer.

My older cousin made a reference once after just being at my other aunt and uncle’s house that he got grossed out when our much younger (toddler) cousin got her temp taken. He didn’t say how, but he didn’t need to. :-) I was probably 17 or 18 and he was a couple of years older. I know he got medicine in suppositories at home as a kid, so he was familiar with things going into his bottom.

One mom she was a firld nurse or paramedic with a bsn but her best thing was pediatric ICU and she did kids on vents

First semester in college I met a guy my age who when he was in his mid to late teens his sister working on a nursing degree would take his rectal temperature more than once a day for practice.