Nursing student doing practice exams in college on roommates or friends?

I don't know if this happens anymore but when I was in college some nursing students did their practice physical exams on roommates, friends, and even boyfriends. A friend of mine said that his girlfriend who was a nursing student pressured him to be one of her practice patients. He finally agreed and she started him off easy with just checking blood pressure, temp, and pulse the first time. She eventually talked him into letting her do a physical on him. It wasn't the nudity that bothered him as they had been sleeping together for months but he said it was weird to have her examine him. Anyone with stories like that?

We did that all the time in school.

With friends, roommates or boyfriends? How detailed an exam?

With friends, roommates or boyfriends? How detailed an exam?

Mostly with other nursing students, rarely/sometimes with boyfriends and girlfriends.

The exams were complete exams--internal and external. They were valuable because we could explain to each other how things felt to the patient and to let the examiner know when they were doing things right or wrong and coach each other to do a better job.

We usually did this in small groups. We would get naked and examine each other. These were NOT sexual escapades. They were true learning experiences in examination.

I was the only male nursing student in my nursing class, in our nursing education I had different experiences when I was asked to be the "patient" during the school lessions and when my female classmates wanted to exercise before tests. And I was also asked by a medical student who lived in the same nursing home to be the "test patient" for her anamnestic test-exams. I was not only interesting for them all, because I was the only male class member, but also because I have had a longer medical history of abdominal problems and other problems. At the beginning and at the first ties, it was shameful for me, because the others got all the information about my sickness history and when I had to undress, but time by time it got easier for me.

I was in a relationship with a PA in training many years ago. She needed to practice her skills and on occasion asked me if I would be willing to be a practice patient. I agreed to 3 physical exams over time. That is when the medfet fire got burning in my loins, so to speak. Regretfully, things just did not happen on a "clinical" level as our sexual prowess and desires were a constant interference. We always ended up in the sack.

I was in a relationship with a PA in training many years ago. She needed to practice her skills and on occasion and asked me if I would be willing to be a practice patient. I agreed to 3 physical exams over time. That is when the medfet fire got burning in my loins, so to speak. Regretfully, things just did not happen on a "clinical" level as our sexual prowess and desires were a constant interference. We always ended up in the sack.

That's why we did our practice exams with people we weren't sexually involved with [for the most part].

For nursing or med students who did exams on people they knew, was there undressing of the practice patients to underwear, to gowns, or only as needed? Somebody below implied complete nudity, but that seems unlikely for a practice exam, unless it was on a boyfriend or girlfriend. Details?

I work as a cab driver in a major city in the east coast and have driven many nursing students over the years and have scored a few exams offering to be a male demo model for when they study.

Classmates used to just strip down when we were the patient and we didn't use gowns. It was not a play exam. We used the times to learn and perfect our examining skills.

I agree Switchable very non sexual but for someone who is truely into medfet still a lot of fun. Plus I got to help future nurses and doctors.

One of my college girlfriends had a roommate who was a senior nursing student. The roommate practiced on my girlfriend some but no internal genital exams. My girlfriend's dad was a doctor so she was familiar with exams and it didn't bother her at all to be a practice patient at their apartment. My girlfriend even let her roommate take her temp rectally which I found weird at age 20.

Her roommate was looking for a male practice patient and my girlfriend suggested me but I wasn't interested in letting the roommate do anything more than check my blood pressure, temp, heart and lungs. I didn't have a problem with taking my shirt off for her as I spent many nights with my girlfriend at their apartment and was shirtless and maybe pantless (in my underwear) sometimes in the early morning. So her roommate got a few looks at me that way only. After I had that comprehensive physical exam by an internist that I have told about already on this site, I had even less interest in letting the roommate examine me because I had a much better idea of what might happen. I wasn't some exam newbie as I had group physicals for sports for years in school but nothing as complete as what the internist did. My girlfriend was totally interested in the details of that physical exam. The last time that my girlfriend tried to get me to let her roommate practice on me, she said that her roommate needed to practice using a catheter on a male patient. I didn't even know what that was. Once she told me, I told her no thanks.

Her roommate was looking for a male practice patient and my girlfriend suggested me but I wasn't interested ... I had even less interest in letting the roommate examine me because I had a much better idea of what might happen. I wasn't some exam newbie as I had group physicals for sports for years in school but nothing as complete as what the internist did. ... My girlfriend was totally interested in the details of that physical exam. The last time that my girlfriend tried to get me to let her roommate practice on me, she said that her roommate needed to practice using a catheter on a male patient. I didn't even know what that was. Once she told me, I told her no thanks.

Boy oh boy ... if I had ever been in such a situation and declined, I think I would still be kicking myself on the backside on my deathbed for the missed opportunities ... even without the catheter practice I bet other physical exam aspects would have made for a fun experience and many fond memories afterwards ...

Most med schools and Physician Assistant schools utilize professional patients who are very knowledgeable about the procedure being practiced and give very appreciated guidance. This is particularly true of prostate exams and female pelvic exams. Much better to have your initial learning experience done in this controlled environment rather than on a real patient who will not tell you what they are feeling and if you are hitting the right spots. I don't know if Nurse Practitioner schools enjoy the same opportunities. Maybe there's an NP on the board here who can comment.

PA schools follow the med school model of teaching while NP schools usually more closely follow the nursing model of teaching. Intubation and other similarly invasive procedures many times are practiced in a hospital setting. This is a general statement and I'm sure there will be some who have different experiences. There are definite differences in what is taught and how it is taught, with positive aspects associated with each approach.