Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Assessment
• Limit examination to a brief survey.
• Management
• You have a responsibility to preserve evidence.
• Assessment
• Maintain your patient’s privacy.
• Inspection of the genital area may be
necessary.
• Conduct a thorough patient assessment.
Sexual Practices and Vaginal Foreign Bodies
• Management
• Treat as you would with any foreign object.
• Remain nonjudgmental
• Transport.
• Do not attempt to retrieve the object.
• Transport with knees-flexed, legs-together… why?