Are you a nurse? Do you draw blood? Can you take our Quick Survey?

[swytas]

Hi Everyone! I'm a nursing student and we are trying to do a project on drawing blood for a presentation for our fellow nursing students. As part of the project we are looking to get some information from experienced nurses on ticks, ticks, and techniques that may be helpful to new nurse. If you have experience in this area...we would love to hear from you!! Please take a moment to reply to our quick survey. We appreciate your help!!

What is your educational background?

Years of experience?

Years drawing blood?

What kind of education did you get for doing blood draws?

What was the most challenging part about drawing blood?

Are there any tip or tricks you have learned throughout the years that you have found useful?

How often do you have to draw blood on your clients?

Which labs do you most frequently draw?

Are there any particular labs that are difficult to draw?

[sissiesmama, ASN, RN]

Hi Everyone! I'm a nursing student and we are trying to do a project on drawing blood for a presentation for our fellow nursing students. As part of the project we are looking to get some information from experienced nurses on ticks, ticks, and techniques that may be helpful to new nurse. If you have experience in this area...we would love to hear from you!! Please take a moment to reply to our quick survey. We appreciate your help!!

What is your educational background?

Years of experience?

Years drawing blood?

What kind of education did you get for doing blood draws?

What was the most challenging part about drawing blood?

Are there any tip or tricks you have learned throughout the years that you have found useful?

How often do you have to draw blood on your clients?

Which labs do you most frequently draw?

Are there any particular labs that are difficult to draw?

Hey! I'll be glad to answer - hope it helps some.

1. I graduated first as an LPN, then an assoc. degree nursing.

2. LPN since 1991; RN since 1996.

3. I never had to draw blood until I took a new job on a med surg unit in 2001 or so.

4. Education?? He he! Seriously, no education on the floor, except for "here's where the supplies are kept."

5. For some reason, the most challenging part to me was the concept that I was "pulling something out" instead of "putting something in" if that makes sense. For some reason, I had trouble with that - not sure why - especially since a little butterfly is easier to get in a vein than a 20 gauge angiocath.

6. The only real tip that helped me at first was to be REALLY nice to the meaner patient techs that could also draw blood because some of them could hit almost anything!

7. How often? It got to be pretty often esp. if it was a pt with serial H and Hs or PT/INR, or something. I transferred to the ER after a while, and either the RN or an ER tech draws everything. The phlebs don't come to the ER for anything.

Anne, RNC