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Subject: Re: Being seen getting rectal temperature in doctors office
Author: Wayne
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] Date Posted:Monday, July 02, 2012, 10:34: am In reply to:
Billy
's message, "Being seen getting rectal temperature in doctors office" on Sunday, July 01, 2012, 03:58: pm
It was common at military service clinics up through the 1960's to take rectal temperatures at a station set up for that purpose right there in the waiting room. The patient would lie face down on a table with his/her rear end uncovered. A child was considered nothing more than an object that the medical staff could use to capture a temperature reading.
Although it was common for a rectal temperature to be mandatory up to the age of 5 years old, it was not uncommon to see would be called today a "special needs" to have a rectal temperature taken as well.
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[> Subject: Re: Being seen getting rectal temperature in doctors office
Date Posted:Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 12:56: pm
It seems to me that getting a rectal temp at the pediatrician's office was supposed to be private, in that the door was closed, but it seems as though the nurse would frequently be asked a question or given a message by another nurse or staff member. It didn't happen all the time, but it happened often enough.
Re: Being seen getting rectal temperature in doctors office