Please read!!!-Advice on Nursing fears

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HI! i will enter nursing school next fall, and the more I find out about nursing, the more fascinated I am with this field. But, I have one fear that i know i must overcome QUICK. I am really afraid of having to administer IV's. What if I can't find the vein and hurt the patient unneccesarily? I know as a nurse I will do this a lot, and it will eventually be okay, but I'm just wondering if because of this fear is it dumb for me to want to pursue nursing? Was anyone else like this and able to overcome it? Thanks!!

Specializes in Renal, Haemo and Peritoneal.
It's common for nurses have trouble finding veins once in awhile. You'll get better at it as you go. Don't let that deter you.

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(And once in awhile the opportunity to start an IV on an unconscious pt presents itself... somehow it's easier to miss and repoke when the pt isn't staring at you)

:uhoh21:

The same with suturing! Best place to start is with drunk people's heads. Hair hides any "novice" suturing.

Good Luck!

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Specializes in Renal, Haemo and Peritoneal.
It's common for nurses have trouble finding veins once in awhile. You'll get better at it as you go. Don't let that deter you.

:uhoh21:

(And once in awhile the opportunity to start an IV on an unconscious pt presents itself... somehow it's easier to miss and repoke when the pt isn't staring at you)

:uhoh21:

The same with suturing! Best place to start is with drunk people's heads. Hair hides any "novice" suturing.

Good Luck!

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