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I'm in my first semester and we've done injections, IVs and blood draws. Like Colleen, we practiced on gel pads and did a vaccine clinic. Got really good at IMs.
As for IVs and blood draws...We don't practice on each other, in fact we're not even supposed to take our sharps home with us. We practice on the dummies in lab only.
Check with you school and see what their policy is. Every school is different.
Have fun!
EWILLIAMS
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Hi Everyone-
I was looking over a book this weekend about nursing school, and there was a section in there about injections! My question is: for RN, do you have to practice injections on one another, and if so-where (the upper arm, etc)? Also, do you have to do blood draws?
I want to be a nurse very bad, but I have a thing with getting needles in the veins in the middle of my arm. Is this going to prevent me from completing nursing school?
Thanks guys!
Erin