First injection

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Hello fellow student nurses! I've just given my first two shots (sub-q and IM) today, and was pretty nervous doing it. Luckily, my partner was very cool, so it all went relatively good. I'm generally not a nervous type, so I'm curious: when did you start feeling comfortable giving injections? Did you get enough practice in clinicals?

Specializes in MPH Student Fall/14, Emergency, Research.

I gave insulin, heparin, morphine, etc. sub Q shots all day long in clinical. However, with IM being the much-less-preferred route, I only gave one of them outside of lab, in my full second year rotation.... and that one time felt like the world was closing in and I heard a strange high-frequency humming.... :p

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Specializes in ER, progressive care.

"Injection jitters" goes away as you keep them doing them. If you can, volunteer at a flu shot clinic in the fall - you will get a lot of practice doing IM injections! That's what I did and my first few I was sooo nervous...my hands were literally shaking, even as I went to dart in. After a few, they became really easy. Just give it some time!

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