Nursing school

I was wondering if nursing schools ever need volunteers to have student nurses practice on them? I know they practice on themselves a lot, but just curious??

I do not know about nursing schools, but teaching hospitals used to use them. I volunteered when I was poor and it gave me much needed funds

I would love to volunteer. For check ups, and particularly the nurses can practice giving multiple injections on my buttocks. =)

Nursing schools used to have the students practice on one another. Now many (if not most, or all) of them have manakins for training the students. And because of liability factors, in many nursing schools, the students practice injections on special pads as well.

I work as a standardized patient and teaching assistant for a medical school. We contract out our services to some nursing schools, but these are nurse practitioner programs.

Around here more nursing schools for RNs do all their non-invasive practice on each other. The invasive techniques are learned on mannequins and honed during clinical experience in the hospital on real patients.

Back in the 70s when I was in college and always needed money I answered an add in our college newspaper looking for practice patients for a large teaching medical university located in the same city as the college I attended. The pay they offered was great at the time so I went in for an interview and was accepted into the program. I had to agree to come in for a session once per week and be the patient for various medical procedures that were being taught. For the year I was in the program I had vaious exams and procedures down on me in a teaching setting with anywhere from 5 to 10 students observing and practicing on me. This was definetly not for the modest type and I did get used to it after awhile. The process was almost always the same: report to the teaching clinic, a nurse would tell me to strip down and hand me a exam gown and tell me what exam or procedure I would be involved with that day. My least favorite were the GI student training exams and procedures as that involved lots of looking and probing my anal area. Back then they used rigid scopes so spending a day getting those shoved up my behind wasn't much fun but the pay was good so i endured it.

Very interesting thought

My friend's nursing program practiced non-invasive procedures on other students, and more invasive things on mannequins, but I think the med school took volunteers for some of their more detailed exams.

In email conversation a student nurse asked if I would like to be her "guinea pig" for buttock injections. I replied in the affirmative but have yet to hear further from her.

I love nurses practice on me.. and use all hospital supply on me.. from pediatric nursery or maternity nursery.. to broken legs and arms and neck ..to wearing a straitjacket.. that what I love nurses doing to me

Know any ads for nurses needing subjects

Check for ads in medical libraries, bulletin boards in vocational schools, hospitals, clinics, local community college and universities. Call them on the phone. Check the websites of nursing programs and medical programs. Be advised to not reveal your kinky fetish. They screen for that as a reason to eliminate you.

Most nursing programs practice on each other, on simulated mannequins and then on patients. Many of the mannequins are engineered to give feedback to the student nurse and are very life like. It does not replace real hands on experience, though it does provide for the opportunity to perfect skills and technique in a safe teaching environment to reduce error on a real life person/patient.

~ Andie

Sign me up ready for the pay and maybe they will find out some things about my medical problems . Any body know any programs in Idaho pm please .

I would sign up!

I've never thought about this as an avenue to get some medfet procedures but I will certainly look out for any Ads in the future - thank you for highlighting this. If there are any nurses in the Uk looking for trial patients please get in touch.

Not sure if you are aware brn wiseman but if you are under a consultant for anything at the hospital the opportunity is there . Most UK hospitals especially if they are teaching hospitals ask for patients for Dr training days and the actual practical exam .

I know this because both my children have took part and. I myself have been asked too. The exams take place in April/May . I had a day of clinic appointments yesterday and I seen advertisements all around the place asking for patients to call various departments if you can help .

You do get paid for taking part approx £25 and lunch is provided . Transport to and from and parking costs are also covered .

Nikki

Yes, just last week I was a volunteer at a local medical school for nursing students. Four freshman (three girls and one guy) with one senior group leader. First half hour was a series of background questions and then it was time to put on a gown for the check-up. Before we began I asked the leader how much clothes I should take off. Her response -whatever level you feel comfortable with... keep all your clothes on or just wear your birthday suit, and with a smile said have fun. I stripped put on the gown and let the newbies do their thing. Became interesting when the girls went for my femeral arteries (the arteries on either side of my private parts). Afterwards the group leader dismissed the group and spent an extra few minutes with me and later we had dinner.

My wife and her friend volunteered for nurse training, this consisted of a pelvic exam , how to use both types of speculum she was asked to comment on each part of the procedure, I was lucky to be with her to see and listen to her comments and the odd gasp or cry as each part was carried out she had a morning class 3 students and repeated later that day she had a bit of cramps in the evening, but happy to do it again a week later. Brave girl her friend had a similar experience. Tecman

I question the veracity of this. I'm sure they let you watch the exam. I'm sure the women were aroused. Not.

When I was in college I would visit a hematology clinic a couple of times a year. They would pay me $15 for a pint of blood, which was a pretty good way to partially pay for my beer consumption. I had a couple of fraternity brothers who would go to the local medical college and be used as subjects for exams. The money was far better than what a blood donor got, but I decided that I didn't want to be poked and prodded that bad.

When I took Army medical training at Ft Sam Houston Texas, we used each other as our patients. Sometimes embarrassing (since I was in early puberty) , sometimes painful and most always a fun time.

...we used each other as our patients. Sometimes embarrassing (since I was in early puberty)

You were in the army when you were just starting early puberty? How did that happen?

We used mannequins only.

Jimmy-----read some of my other posts about me not starting puberty until I was almost 18.----Some Doc wanted to start me on hormone injections when I was about 14-15 but I wasnt having any part of shots back then---this was about 1963 or so.

I would be a happy volunteer for butt injections!

I am currently in nursing school and can tell you they hardly ever let us practice on each other, only the least invasive stuff like blood pressures and a basic head to toe exam. More complicated things like catheters, or in depth exams, we practice on mannequins and then jump straight to patients in the hospital for our clinicals. I'll be honest that things like catheters are something I would only do with completely sterile equipment which is not always easy for a student to get. As far as practicing our more in depth exams... if we want to practice on someone, it is up to us to find the person to play patient...

As a nurse I can tell you that in school we mostly just used mannequins. In clinicals we dealt with real patients, but not really in a practice sense. I think more medical schools use real people to practice on.

Now that's a job I be happy to do I'm sure I could make the nurses earn there money lol