Tie gown or leave it undone?

My wife just drapes the gown over her but does not tie it, it will be coming off in a few moments so to her no big deal. It is usually so flimsy that it does not matter.

Do paper gowns (or vests?) even have ties? I can't remember ever having a paper gown.

I always laugh when someone hands me a gown. I refer to them as "one size fits no one". I have a friend who is 4' 11" and the gown she had when she was in the hospital was so large that after you tied it, it came apart anyway. And if you tied it through the arm holes (the nurse's trick), her bottom still found a way to be seen when she walked the halls.

Did a play exam recently and used a new cloth gown. When I examined her I found she tied both the neck and lower strings meaning things took longer fumbling to get it opened and off. Fixed that problem now by cutting both pairs of strings off the neck and lower gown for future exams. Looks like it never even had them! Problem fixed!

Opening to the front, untied...

I tie my gown because I get weighed with it on, otherwise I probably wouldn't bother

I never tie it because it comes off in 1 minute after the doctor comes into the room.

I tie it only at the neck so it doesn't fall off. The opening should be in the back. Everyone's going to see your ass anyway. I confess I was bored at work once because I had to do pre employment physicals. The female patients were clothed below the waist but gowned on top without a bra. I had them bend over to touch their toes in the back exam. Invariably the gown would fall off. My bad....

I tie mine at the neck. I get weighed in my socks and gown in the exam room. My first doctor I used to get weighed in the hall with all my clothes on.

I always put it on open in the back and leave it untied. It's just easier when I'm in the stirrups.

It doesn't matter. The nurse or doctor is very adept at undoing the tie whether I am wearing the gown to open in front or back. I do feel a bit more vulenerable with gown open in back...not sure why ...but feel better able to cover when it opens in the front. I guess that it's a psychological thing!

For the first 20 years of my annual exams, my response would have been "What's a gown?" Those exams were always done nude with either a paper or cloth drape. Since then it has always been cloth gown with opening to the back. I tie the neck only but believe there is a tie at the waist.

I prefer to tie it closed if it is one that opens in the back but I prefer the ones that open in the front since it is easier to wear. Just don't tie some crazy knot that is impossible to undo and you and the doctor will be just fine regardless of if you tie or leave it untied.

The only problem with not tying it is that it falls off when you bend over. A nice Velcro strap would be good.

Tied at the neck so it doesn't just fall off

I've always been told open in the front, but just might switch it next time...lol

I always tie my gown.

My OB/GYN uses cloth gowns and the opening goes to the back. Yes, I do tie it.

Some time ago I had to go to a dermatologist and those gowns were paper, which is plain annoying.

My obgyn uses cloth gowns and asks for the opening to be in the back. I figure I'm sitting or laying down so I don't usually tie the gown.

In the NHS we have cloth gowns that patient used as in patients, in A&E, Day Surgery and the various outpatient clinics. When I worked in A&E and the Outpatient clinic we always asked the patient to put on the gown with the opening at the back and to leave it untied.

In ITU we have the same gowns, depending on how ill the patient is we may just place the gown over the patient , ensuring their modesty is preserved or wear it the traditional manner but again leave it untied.

If the patient are mobile then we use the double gown technique, the first gown is worn traditionally with the opening at the back, while the 2nd gown is worn with the opening at the front, with all the ties undone. In this manner their modesty is persevered and they are free to mobilize.

For the yearly exam I've been asked to put it with the opening in front. I do not tie it, makes no sense. I just make sure I'm covered and that's it.

Every exam I have had as an adult I have always been instructed to put on gown opening to front, no matter what kind of exam. I never tie it but simply wrap it across my front as doctor always opens it to listen to my chest as well as to examine breasts. I HATE those tiny little paper vests some places give you as they cover nothing and tear at the least movement. If he is doing abd exam or pelvic the upper gown is then replaced as it was and a sheet drape is is placed across me at waist and gown pulled up to just under breasts with drape pulled down to just above pubis. When pelvic follows the gown is pulled back down toward knees and drape goes back in place at waist. Then I assumr the position and am hanging out down south in all my glory as the doctor situates himself between my legs. Modesty goes out the window at that point of exam. I prefer the n7ce cloth gowns that really cover you. I have only had one doctor in my adult life who had me strip to my drawers only and sit on the exam couch witnout gown or drape for the exam. But he was an old European doctor from Salzburg and I have 2 bad valves and congestive heart failure, so he was always very thorough each time, listening for changes. The docs I have today...cardiologists, do listen carefully most times, in nearly all the auscultatory points front and back, but lift my gown at those points to listen directly on my skin. I have only been given "the bum's rush" in my primary doctor's office. I once had a primary guy for nearly 6 yrs without him EVER touching me in any way until once when he had a medical student sitting in on my exam. At that time he did put steth to my back and was surprised to hear rales at my bases, then looked down and really looked at my swollen limbs that day, and quickly Listened to my heart. He immediately drew up orders for admission to CCU for me! Each visit thereafter he listened at one area just left of my sternum, as bare minimum, to spare himself any more surprises.

I simply let the patient choose how to put the gown on. If they choose to put the opening in front and expose themselves that's their problem.

I normally leave it open in the back. It's just easier to move on the table and for my Doctor to perform her exam.

I get a paper vest that is open in the back but it has no ties

I always tie it around the back of my neck but leave it open near the small of my back. But kind of wrap it around me a little lmao!

It always surprises me that some patients try to tie all the ties off the gown, which can be quite difficult to accomplish at times. As well as trying to wrap the gown around themselves as germangoddesss states:

I always tie it around the back of my neck but leave it open near the small of my back. But kind of wrap it around me a little

It can be difficult at times to undo those ties and on a few occasions I have had to cut the ties off in order to open the gown.

As H2elvr stated:

I normally leave it open in the back. It's just easier to move on the table and for my Doctor to perform her exam.

It does makes the job a bit easier and also its better in an emergency situation where you may need access fast.

For heaven's sake people, just leave the darn gown off. It's just way too much trouble for the little bit of coverage it provides. Once you try it you'll never go back.

Jimmy we're not all studs like you!

I'm certainly no stud. But I honestly feel more relaxed and less apprehensive without the gown. Something about all that peeking and poking under the gown, trying to preserve my modesty -- that just drives me crazy. My doctor (if they're doing their job) is going to see all of me anyway -- so why not just get the initial shock of that over with right away and then I can relax.