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Thanks so much for the stories and the link to the other forums it makes me feel a lot better to know I'm not alone!

I am a first semester nursing student and recently at my clinical I came very close to passing out. I was not even remotely grossed out ( I was doing a blood draw from an IV hub) but for some reason in the middle of doing it I got extremely hot and light headed. I made it through the process without passing out but once I was finished I had to immediately sit down and drink some water because I was so light headed and dizzy. My instructor and classmates were really worried because they said I was very pale and even a greenish color. I felt terrible and was so embarrassed. The patient's room was very warm and there were 4 family members in addition to the patient, 2 other students, and a nurse all in the room with me. About an hour later we went into another patients room and had to do a dressing change that involved lots of blood but i was completely fine with it. Blood has never grossed me out before and I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else? It was just so bizarre because I have never had issues with passing out before and now I am even more nervous to go back to clinical because of the fear of getting sick or passing out. Its starting to make me wonder if ill be able to get through certain areas of nursing because there are a lot more gory/gross things than that. I was wondering if anyone had any advice or suggestions also. Thanks