Today was the first day I tried inserting an IV. The nurse educator took us to the ER since we would have more there than the floor. Well well, boy is it drastically different from those dummy arms. The first victim I had was a 93 yo womem with one vein that I could work with. Well you can pretty much guess what happen. Of course it was unsuccessful. The second was an 96 yo women that was severely dehydrated. Her veins wouldn't even pop up a bit. While the other nurses got patients in their 20's. I just wished I could of gotten one IV inserted today. I felt so imcompetent.
Care to share your first venipuncture story....
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