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OK- back to your orginal question. I go to Planned Parenthood and a female nurse does the exam. I never get the same one twice so if sometimes I get a bad one it was just my dumb luck.
I have had a student/intern chick before and she was kinda painful when she did the scrap for the PAP test. But usually the nurses are pretty good and will talk to you about nonsensical things while they're doing it to take your mind off it.
I think the first few times I went, my mom came with me (I was 16 & 17). When my husband was in med school I let him come in once and watch purely for practical purposes. Otherwise I prefer being by myself, but I wasn't ever that nervous about it.
One good thing about you going in with her would be to help her recall what the Dr says. If she's really nervous she might not remember clearly what happened or was said and you could help her with that.
There's absolutely no reason to be scared whatsoever, for either of you! And you should encourage her to go every year. The Dr will probably tell her that too.
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Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
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