I'm that patient. I roll up like a G asking for butterfly needles and tell them where to stick me. I like my hand the best

​@Dwayne The Coke Johnson you sound ignorant for suggesting violence for this.

@Dwayne The Coke Johnson hands are worse, more likely to fall out, however yes ACF creates the beeping sometimes very dependable and depends on size of the vein.

I listen to the patient who was a difficult stick she directed me however I did not see a vein, I trusted her, Lo and behold I got backflip and we were in! Haha

@@klow4491 when I was in a coma I was immobile but I could still feel Nd hear... When I got able to use my right hand apparently I was. Conscious giving thumbs up and thumbs down answersrs but I just wanted to go back into my coma (brain hurtyflipping off the nurses working on me I do remember one saying" oh he didn't like that" just some advice for you wonderful nurses out there, I now know. Were following instructions but then I didn't want to wake up no matter the yelling/pinches temp prods etc... Again BRAIN HURTY (ANEURYSM) HEMORRHAGAL stroke

Tell them “you are not allowed to stick me anywhere but here” I’m a paramedic and we need consent to do anything in the medics field. Don’t let them tell u otherwise just stick to that sentance

I just tell them I throw up when I get my blood drawn and they don't wanna deal with that so they're more careful with me

I started telling them directly that its a rolling vein. They get the hint that no matter how hard they try to go straight into the vein, it'll move.

They miss not once,not twice, not three times,NOT FOUR TIMES,BUT FIVE. plus the girl didn’t even remove the needle,just wiggled it around. Threw up,got really sick. Turns out it wasn’t clean.

Omg SAME

Well I've taken the exams for the second time now and still didn't succeed, i wonder how those who succeeded did it🥺😭

I failed 3 times, i lost money to reviews that never helped but the major thing is that I've not lost hope

Nclex test is really frustrating, I can't believe I failed again after studying so much🥺🥺😓😭😭

After using uworld twice and failing, I never knew I could ever pass the NCLEX but today I am very happy, I just passed my NCLEX on my third attempt with a great help for Mrs Catherina..

Really, you'll know her Too? I even thought I was the only one she has helped walk through the fears and falls of Nclex Exam,Mrs Catherina Alison has brought me out of the trenches and to a better living, I encourage repeat test taker to work with her.

It is soooo painful i start to go onto a panic

Technically, two sticks max. Then call IV nurse.

one of my worst experiences ended up with blown veins on BOTH ARMS! and an IV on my hand. probably ended up with 8-10 sticks between left/right arm and left hand! now i have a hickman which is amazing since i have basically no IV access

When I was in the hospital, I told them that I was a hard stick, at first many took that as a challenge until they realized it was a warning not a challenge, they brought vein scanning tools and people who supposed to have experience with the hard sticks but it was up to "magic Maggie"( a rotating nurse) to save the day

Those two angels used to poke patients numerous times when they were just a beginner. At times people need to understand all those professional nurses used to learn things step by step before.

I had to have surgery a few years ago, and despite thinking I was well hydrated (didn't know I was hypovolemic at the time, with anemia and stretchy, rolling veins), no amount of slapping, hot packs, hot water gloves, and even dopplers helped. I had to be stuck 12 times with blood running down my arm. There will always be a patient where some trick will fail. You need to be able to do it without special tricks, or you end with pissed pincushion patients. They had to call in someone from RRT to stick me.

@@limalicious I never said anything about there not being patients out there in which it wouldn't work, just that it hadn't failed me, yet. This isn't to say that I haven't failed to poke someone...I just knew that no amount of heat or other skill was going to make it easier. Sometimes, it just takes a different person. Also, IVs are much harder to put in than just doing a veinipuncture. This comment was unnecessary, really. It's okay to ask for a different person or technique, but please don't be telling us how to do our jobs. We hate having someone turn into a pincushion as much as they hate being one and are fully aware that tricks will not always work.

There is pinching problem with those. I used one on myself when doing hemodialysis at home. Don't think I could have used one like shown here with just one hand. Those are likely single use which has its upsides.

Tell that to a person with severe anxiety concerning needles or any piece of equipment that is stuck inside the skin. Good for you that you can't feel it or simply don't care.

Go by feel, not by sight. Some of those veins like to hide pretty deep!

​@@platinum_inkI think you nay have misunderstood the point of the original comment

The reason we won’t go for tattooed areas is because we cannot see what is happening (hematoma aka bruise forming) when the skin has been tattooed It’s mostly for patient safety, but I definitely understand what you’re saying It really all depends on the veins (bc if you’ve got a really juicy, viable vein it makes it easier to justify sticking tattooed skin when there are no other options)

It’s so satisfying. There’s nothing more embarrassing than not being able to find a vein AND there’s family members in the room.

wish i had the same flashbacks as you. mines more of a trigger. 01-09-2021 We Do Recover 💜

I just did my nurse preceptorship in the ED and that was my first thought 😂

Aint nobody got time for that

Whenever possible I think these things should be done especially for people with bad veins. But I will say, I have terrible veins, and getting an IV can be borderline traumatic but anytime I've been in an ambulance, the EMTs get it first try every time even when we're moving. I don't know what kind of sorcery they're using but I wish everyone had it.

@@shannonrickard8605 paramedic here: we land because it’s a challenge and if I miss then I’ll have one of the old guys at my station say “son when I was your age I was able to throw IVs using my left pinky and ring finger while upside down and using my other hand to get a BP palp all the while doing 85 mph down a gravel road and the shocks were already blown on the truck”. A bit of an exaggeration on my part but yea the old guys will always challenge us young guys on our skills. Keeps the job fun and keeps us good

The blankets should be in a warmer already. Find a glove? They should be in the room.

That’s such a shame though, because that little extra bit of due care and preventative measure, is the difference of someone like myself as a patient who has a record of 23 attempts to find a vein on me. I’m always mind blown if they can stick me under four times at best. I’ve had thousands of vena puncture, I’ve met THREE nurses who “babied me” a little and got the vein first go.

​@@mo-whack6790our unit doesn't have a blanket warmer and many units no longer have them. But gloves AND a sink should be in every room .

I am a drug free IV user since April 2017. I always have to tell the nurses where to stick me for blood tests because my arms are messed up and I have always been hard to stick. Most of the time, they listen and stick me in the back of the hand as I'm requesting. But sometimes they stick me in my arms anyway and also leave the turniquet on for too long so I get ugly bruises and bumps. I love the nurses who actually listen to me ❤ My body always starts shaking when they draw my blood, and I have to explain it to them.. I assume it's a natural response from the body when you have been an IV user, even if you have been clean for a long time 😕

My husband is the same way. Any time he has to get blood work done I have to go with him because he will faint if there's nothing to distract him

Don't ever get cancer then. 😄 Or pancreatitis. When I got that I had a needle in my hand 24 hours a day for three days giving me all my nutrition and liquid. No food or water by mouth. I got this because I dragged my feet getting my gall bladder out because general anesthetics are what I had a phobia about.

Needles use to not bother me now they do. That needle is long and sits inside your vein!

Im a phleb and I ask my patients to not look at the needle and give them the alcohol swam so they can smell it, also take deep breaths. So far it has worked. I tell them once I’m in the vein (I get it first try 99% of the time) they won’t feel a thing cuz only the first pinch hurts a bit and sometimes they don’t even feel it. I know it’s something psychological because getting blood drawn does not hurt at all but i understand

@@maggie0285 the needle doesn’t stay inside your vein, only the plastic, blue, flexible tube she loosened at the beginning. The needle is only used to find the vein to guide the tube inside :) also the needle doesn’t go all the way in cuz as soon as you get a flush of blood you insert the little plastic tube and remove the needle :)

You know i use to feel the same exact way when I first started out as a RN at age 20. I was just scared, started in the er to get my skills and there were only 5 nurses who would do baby and ped Iv’s . I relocated and decided to face my fear straight in the face and started working at children’s er I had amazing mentors and extra help which gave me the courage and confidence and to see how fast babies and peds responded to treatment was a huge eye opener for me and I began to truly love working with babies and peds. I relocated again and went onto a maternal float pool so work areas was nicu, nursery, peds, labor and delivery and post partum and worked there for about 7 years and truly loved it but I was ready for growth and understanding of how the hospital worked so I went into case management and now I work with a insurance company for risk case management. My heart is with babies, peds and moms. And the minute you care for them that fear goes away a immense love pushes you through for the patient and the family. When I had kids of my own it definitely pulled at my heart strings a little harder and my moto was I will care for you like I would for my kids and it worked so well! I would say working med surge/icu or with the elderly is such a super power as well and hands down the most difficult floor for your body. People are just so sick now at earlier ages it’s heart breaking! I am 37 now and work from home mon-Friday where there is min stress, I do miss my patients and coworkers but can’t complain! My outlet is my family and arts and crafts 1000%% definitely find one if you don’t have one!!

The "baby needles" are often the butterfly needles, with a handle on each side. They're smaller and easier to use. And also, to minimize bruising they should release the turniquet right away after the blood starts going into the tube (sometimes they can't, if you have a slower "flow"). And never have the turniquet on for longer than 1 minute 😊

I don't like them but once you've had both cancer and pancreatitis it becomes practically nothing. Cancer means chemotherapy and pancreatitis is three continuous days of a needle in a hand because you can't eat or drink anything. Having the needle in a hand isn't so bad.