Ob/gyn nurse

Do nurse's who work for doctors get there annual exams from them or do they prefer to go outside the office?

Often wondered that one myself too - look forward to the answers

Like anything, some do and some don't.

Most clinics have an open environment and everyone knows it's for healthcare purposes. The doctors in most clinics (male or female) tend to be more open to performing an exam or making a diagnosis gratis any staffmember if requested. The nurses on the other hand vary vastly depending on how they feel about the doctor, how shy they are, and sometimes how desperate they are to get a female problem remedied--like an itch or a burn. Older staff members tend to convince the newer younger ones to give in and use this convenient 'perk'. I dated lots of nurses and they got their bc pills or diaphragms inserted from their clinic doctor--how does one explain that to their employer?

Don't know about now but spoke to a husband who's wife was a nurse in the 80's and it was common for her employers to perform a yearly physical for all the nurses that worked in the office. There were 3 doctors in the practice and she had her exams preformed by each of them. It was also common practice that if any one of the nurses had a cold or flu or some other complaint that they would be given a physical exam.

There has to be some sort of ethical restrictions against that. It would be interesting to see what happens in small towns where there is only one doctor.

This thread reminds me of this story:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050205042840/http://www.speculumpages.com/Page15/TheNurses.htm

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Monday morning at the clinic was always a busy day. The nurses, Stacey and Michelle, arrived early so they could receive their weekly physicals. The Doctor they worked for was the most successful doctor in the city with a large female clientele. He insisted that the nurses undergo complete physicals each week to ensure that they were healthy and fit for another week of work.

The Doctor was a young man, perhaps in his early thirties with a slim build and dark hair. He had a fantastic personality, which could explain his large female patient base.

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I know two Ob/Gyn nurses from the group I go to. Both go to outside doctors. One to a female and one to a male. Both have told me they don't like the idea of using the doctors they work with for their gynes

I know one nurse the works in an Ob/Gyn office and she uses a completely different group. I have never asked any of the nurses that work for my gynecologist what they do.

Some do, some do not. It depends on the practice, the guidelines, rules of the practice as well as those who work there. The interoffice, interpersonal, professional and friendship relations that take place between them also determines it.

Like others have said, I'm sure some don't and some do. But I would tend to think that most see other practitioners outside of the clinic they work in. I just think it would be kinda weird to have your annual exam done by one of your colleagues in the office you work at.

@ dovidspeck "There has to be some sort of ethical restrictions against that." to my knowledge there is no ethical restrictions regarding and Doctor performing an exam on a member of staff in their employ. It has a lot to do with the interoffice interpersonal professional relationship.

I know a few nurses who had had various exam perform by doctors they know especially as I work mainly with anesthesiologist its been before, during and after surgery as well as for labor and delivery ( epidural management). Only one expressed some embarrassment about having an epidural inserted by a Consultant Anesthetist she knew personally.