gendoRN

Not much advice here, but plenty of sympathy. I am into my 6 month in as a medsurg RN and you know how many successes I've had: 2 I did as a student, 2 w/ my preceptor, and only 1 on my own! 1!! You can't be as bad as me! I have such little confidence, I usually only try once and NEVER more than twice on a pt, depending on how good their veins are. I am incredibly dishearted. The best thing, which helped in school was I practiced on a nurse friend's boyfriend while she walked me through it. Most people just tell me to practice on people at home. Unfortunately, i don't have a volunteer. My biggest problem seems to be hitting valves where I can't advance the catheter or it bends. Don't know if anyone has advice on that, but it would be much appreciated.