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] Date Posted:Saturday, July 16, 2011, 07:16: am In reply to:
Dave
's message, "Was a rectal temp taken in " One flew over the cuckoo's nest?"" on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 03:32: pm
hi this is true back in the mid 80,s it was a rough time for me i was a pationt in a state hospital in nj. and when i was on the admmition ward my temp was taken rectaly the reason for it was a few weeks before i got there a patient bit down on a oral thermometer and it broke in thare mouth while i was on the admission ward i saw a few pepole having there temp taken rectaly to because there was very little privacy i saw both guys and girls having there temps taken when i was transferd to a different building rectal temps were only taken rectaly when it was nessery
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[> Subject: Re: Was a rectal temp taken in " One flew over the cuckoo's nest?"
Date Posted:Saturday, July 16, 2011, 10:44: am
The book and the movie were markedly different with reference to the rt. In real life, it would stand to reason that a rectal temp. would be taken in a psychiatric ward, as a safety precaution. People seldom are admitted against their will for displaying sound and rational thoughts. And they receive many patients who have attempted suicide. I would imagine that oral temps. are nonexistent in that environment.
