Ever been Stethed by Nurses?

Just curious?

Not counting nurse practitioners; yes. One time at work I was having an asthma attack, so I went to the nurse’s station & got a pretty thorough stething directly on the skin. And a few years ago I was dating a nurse & she listened to my heart & lungs while my shirt was off.

No but sounds interesting.

This one nurse listened to my lungs before agreeing to give me allergy shots!

If you've ever been admitted to a hospital, you've been auscultated by a nurse. Likely more than one.

My mom is a RN. I am asthmatic (pretty well managed now) so I got stethed on more than one occasion. I was ok with it. Never bothered me at all.

Dalton Clancy,

When she stethed you, was it on bare skin? And did it ever feel awkward with it being your mother?

Not all country have nurses that stething you. Here in Norway, nurses dont learn to steth heart and lungs. Only to take BP.

its bad. Hope it change that soon.

@Shane73

Dalton Clancy,

“When she stethed you, was it on bare skin? And did it ever feel awkward with it being your mother”

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I usually had to lift or remove my shirt. Being bare skinned didn't bother me at all. When I was a teen I went from skinny to physically fit and worked very hard to get that way. I did not feel awkward at all.

Daltoncla,

If I could handle being stethed by men (like if I’m sick & theres no woman available to do it), I guess I could handle being seethed by my mom.

Only one time that I can recall. Was a good one though. I'm starting at a new office. Never been there. Sitting on end of table. I have terrible White Coat Syndrome. Terrible. Nurse comes in to inevitably get my vitals, which only raises my heart rate even more. She goes for my wrist to count my beats manually. I start to tell her I've got a bad case of WCH, so don't freak out….She held my radial pulse under her fingers for a second or two….If I had to guess, I'd say I was in the 130-140bpms. She placed my hand back, from where it came and took her Littmann Lightweight from her neck and placed in her ears. She took my apical pulse and counted my respiration's over a full minute. Each beat of my nervous heart faster than the one before it. One of the longest minutes of my life. She never said a word.

The only time that I can recall being stethed by a nurse was when I got my physical to donate plasma several years ago. Those were done exclusively by RNs who worked at the center, everyone else there was either a phlebotomist or barely had any credentials beyond a high school diploma. She was in her late 40s/early 50s, pretty good looking overall. It was a fairly minimal physical, all around my clothes and above the waist. But she listened to my heart and lungs by sliding her stethoscope up underneath my shirt, and I loved that because no one had done it that way since I was a kid.

Just by a couple nurse practitioners, if that counts.

Yes, at my exams the nurse will use the stethoscope as part of checking my pulse and does take a listen briefly before the doctor comes in to see me. I am usually still dressed at this point and they are still making notes in their chart.

Yes I have had a few gastro appointments including the recent one. Before I see him, a nurse takes vitals and also stethes the chest. Abdominal auscultation if required is done by gastro himself if he feels the need

It seem that stethoscope is basic equipment for nurse, especially at emergencies, it's true that heart is THE vital organ of the body..

I don't meet often nurses, except for job exam, or like that.

@Rabban_the_Clyst I dont think a stethoscope is a must for nurses here i Norway. My mum and one of my sisters is a nurse. But i never have hear them talk about a stethoscope. i never seen them with one. And generelt, i never have seen a nurse used stethoscope to other thing than taking the blood pressure. And if they do that, they do it with the cheapest stethoscope you can know, with only one side chestpiece. I hope that will change in the future. I want all nurses have their own good stethoscope.

@Rabban_the_Clyst I dont think a stethoscope is a must for nurses here i Norway. My mum and one of my sisters is a nurse. But i never have hear them talk about a stethoscope. i never seen them with one. And generelt, i never have seen a nurse used stethoscope to other thing than taking the blood pressure. And if they do that, they do it with the cheapest stethoscope you can know, with only one side chestpiece. I hope that will change in the future. I want all nurses have their own good stethoscope.

Same thing in Croatia. Exactly the same thing, which is a shame. I did however see nurses taking blood pressure with a a better stethoscope than just those simple one side chestpiece. That was nice.

Haha! Many and I have done it back to them. That is how we learned.

Yes

The only time I remember being stethed by nurses were during two visits to an urgent care about 10 years ago for a chest infection. They were doing the intake and they did the vitals. The first visit I was seen by a NP who prescribed an antibiotic and a nebulizer. The second it was by an intake nurse before a repeat chest Xray. Both times I was stethed over the polo shirt I was wearing.

All the time, especially when the Dr. is working remotely.

Like 10 years ago, when I had to stay in the hospital for 3 days.

A nurse took my vitals every morning. Stething was included. A delightful experience.

Yeah plenty of times. I have asthma so whenever I see the nurse for my check up, she steths me

Yeah plenty of times. I have asthma so whenever I see the nurse for my check up, she steths me

@stethoscopelover Is that how those checks are done in the UK now? When I was a kid my friend who had the condition always went for his check-up with the doctor (I was always jealous of the extra use of the stethoscope he must have had as a result of it), but that was 30 years ago and a lot has changed in the UK regarding who does what and when. When it was suspected I had it as a child (which it turned out I didn't) all the checking was done by my doctor but is it the case now that nurses would see you for something like this first?

In the UK we have nurse practitioners. I’ve been seen by one a couple of times instead of a doctor. She listened to my back and chest and percussed there too on one occasion.

Pretty sure a nurse checked my heartbeat while in recovery after surgery.

It’s happened many times. Some of them were attractive, and got me sexually aroused. There’s nothing better than an attractive woman touching my body, and showing kindness to me.

Paul David,

Was your shirt off when she Stehed you?

Shane73 yes I removed my shirt