needles

[ava'smomRN]

hey all you beatiful people, i was just curious about something and wondered if anyone could agree with me or have some insight. i am very passionate about my choice to become a nurse. i am so worried about giving needles, iv's and things like that because i myself hate getting needles. does anyone have/had this problem if so how did you get over? it also do you think this may hender me in my career? oops another question at your nursing school do you practice on each other or do you guys have dummies or something? ?(injecting)

[ava'smomRN]

Thanks everyone. you all are great!

[KatieBelle]

We have dummies in the lab...but we also gave ourselves a shot of saline SC! I gave it in the stomach and it didn't even hurt. So I was really happy to have it over and I start giving real shots to patients actually tomorrow!

[career seeker]

I used to be deathly afraid of any needles and would black out if my blood was drawn. This was one of the reasons I stayed away form nursing in the first place.

At the begining of my training as an EMT-2 we made 2 IV attempts on the fake arm and then were truned loose on eachother. I was so facinated on watching other's technique and offer advice that I got over my fear (I still don't like it but I can handle it now:)

Good luck!