Words to calm a patient during RT

I was wondering what words or phrases are used to keep a patient still and calm while taking their RT.

Things like "Good boy/girl, we are almost done" or "Just a few more minutes."

Just try to relax it's not that bad. Your doing such a good job.

I'm a critical care nurse and when i see "RT," i think respiratory therapy... but am suspecting that may not be what you are asking?

"There, that’s not so bad, is it?" "Just a few more minutes..."

My mom always told me when doing the insertions for me to lay there calm and relax.

"Everyone has it taken like this."

"There, it's inserted now."

"How is it?"

I took our older daughter's rectal temp after she had her wisdom teeth out and was running a low grade fever, which sent me into a quiet panic. I told her that Daddy sometimes take my temperature this way when I've got a fever. Really! She said. Yes, really. Mom's gentle touch or a light massage on a back or shoulder while a rectal temp is being taken can do wonders to help calm and relax. Be reassuring that "you're going to be OK." I learned this from a nurse years ago when our girls were little.

Saying the time left would add to the anxiety. Maybe talking about how normal it is would lessen the embarrassment.

"C'mon, this is so much fun than a thermometer under arm!!!"

Za

When I complained, my grandmother said I had to be a good girl. Or to take a deep breath and act like a big girl. My mom, on the other hand, if I protested the way she was measured, she often gave up. The grandmother, on the other hand, was adamant.

I was wondering how people pass the minutes that it takes to get a rectal temperature reading.

My only experience here is from the perspective of the "giver" when I'm taking my boyfriends temperature.

While I keep the thermometer in place for three or four minutes I try to get him to relax when I notice he is too tense. I can rub his back and cheeks and also his thighs. Also running my finger through his hair with my free hand is something he likes and makes him feel more at ease.

I have also tried reassuring him that he is doing great, that it will be over soon and that it's not so bad after all.

An absolute MUST is that I stay right there beside him, means I can't leave him with the thermometer in his bottom while I attend other business. He always requires I stay with him as he seems to crave the physical contact during the procedure.

Whats your own experience either as a giver or a taker?

I especially love this time of the exam. If I am performing and exam of her 'younger self', I will ask her questions like what grade is she in, how are her grades, does she participate in any sports etc. During this time I will also tell her how good she is doing and it will be over soon, I know its embarrassing but just hang in there like a good girl as I gently adjust, twirl it and rub her tush. This trivial conversation seems to exaggerate what is actually being done to her rather than quell it. It is obviously a ploy to pass the time but we all know that it doesn't fool anyone or take a way from the procedure that is being performed thus making it as awkward as possible for her. The mental aspect of fetish play is every bit as strong as the physical sensations.

When I do rectal temperatures on myself, I insert the cold thermometer into my rectum and I watch the time or I ask Alexa to set the time for 5 minutes. 98% of the time when I do take my rectal temperature, I chat with my EMT friend or with another friend on here by letting them know that I am taking my rectal temperature and that I am hold it in place and when I remove the thermometer to give the reading.

I can't remember what my mom would say to me, because I was angry and protested through the whole process. (It was done orally at age 5 onward). When a former girlfriend took it, she would ask me if I was comfortable, and wouldn't leave the room, until the thermometer was removed. Earlier in my marriage, when my wife would take my rectal temp., she would ask me why I liked it taken that way, and told me that I needed professional help. Eventually, she refused to take it that way. I stopped taking hers too, since she complained that it was uncomfortable and weird for her. To be honest, neither of us has had a high fever in several years, but I still take mine as often as possible....when she's not home. I would love nothing more than to have a caring woman to join me with my rectal temp. sessions. The problem is....where do you find someone ? It would cost my job if I dared to do it at work.

To calm a patient during RT, why use only words ?

What about carressing the patient's buttocks or playing softly with the registering thermometer, in and out of the rectum ?

And what about some music ? Playing or singing the patient's favorite song ?

I think it depends a lot on what sort of patient. If you're in a ddlg/abdl scenario, things like "good boy/girl" are perfect, those sorts of patients want praise and encouragement like that. In a different scenario, probably any sort of "is that comfortable? just a few more minutes" type stuff. I like what the person above said about touching to calm too

Just try to relax. We are almost done, honey!