where do you learn blood draws

[direw0lf]

My instructors told us that as students we will not learn how to draw blood or start IV's. That we'll need IV competency certification.

I wanted to ask is this normal in schools? They did tell us that everyone will have a chance to insert Foley's and shadow a nurse manager. But not learning or practicing drawing blood or IV's worries me..who will hire a nurse who can't draw blood?

[theradiantforce]

20 years, no venipuncture?! Where is that? Wish it were the case everywhere. Also, the whole point of noting that my sister learned in her phlebotomy program is to point out that programs could teach us, as nurses, if they wanted to. My program talked about it as if blood draws/venipuntures were prohibited to teach.

[Dacatster, ADN]

Worked in a peds er