CT Scan Experience - Page 5

Evie2004 · ‎09-09-2010

@RetRNmy husband’s cardiology office has a Coumadin clinic & they use a finger stick test for protimes there.

Big Sister · ‎05-15-2010

Believe me, some are better than others. Next time anyone needs to insert a needle, let them know you are a hard pick and ask for someone who knows what they are doing.

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

@Evie2004 wrote:
@RetRNmy husband’s cardiology office has a Coumadin clinic & they use a finger stick test for protimes there.

We have an anticoagution clinic also, but because I have a blood clotting disorder (lupus anticoagulant) I have to have a blood draw. I am glad that your husband can have the finger stick though.

debic · ‎09-02-2010

I'm pretty sure I've had every iv nightmare you can have. My daughter and mother were the same way. I used to have them ask me which arm was the best, I always said neither.

Generally after 2 attempts they would bring in another person to try. I have a port now, it's a god send.

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*Off The Deep End~A very short trip for some!*

Vivian · ‎03-11-2010

My veins are the only part of me that are skinny. I’ve had all sorts of disasters with people not believing me when I inform them of that fact. One of the worst was before a colonoscopy. The nurse who told me she could get blood out of a stone was unable to put in an IV for a human. The vein burst and I had a huge black & blue mark that accompanied me to Florida to visit the grandkids. I wound up having to wear long sleeves because when the grandchildren saw that huge bruise they were horrified.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Vivian

Sorry you had a bad experience. Now if I had kids or grankids? They would be horrified every time they saw me, and for decades. My body is, and has been a walking talking bruise almost all of my adult life.

Between my choices of activities and my blue collar jobs. Bumps and bruises were/are my facts of life. Now IV'S and probably over a thousand blood draws? Part of my life, but no grankids to horrify.

Did however scare the b-hasus out of a little girl ice skating a week or so ago. Fell ice skating, was wearing a long sleeve-T. Landed partially on my left elbow, got up didn't think much about it, but it did hurt a bit.

Looked down and my white shirt left sleeve was turning bright red. Took a look and had tore a big piece of skin from that elbow. Squeezed it till I got up to the concession stand where I pressed napkins on it to clot the blood till a worker got me a bandage. Was changing napkins to get dry ones and a little girl saw my elbow bleeding pretty good. She took off screaming to I don't know where. Patched 'er up and back to skating. Did take some work for me to get the blood stains out of my shirt.

hckynut(john)

hsawaknow · ‎03-15-2011

I have 'rolling veins' and tiny veins and they always have hard times starting IV's or drawing blood. I have poked and prodded that they have had to use an ultrasound guide to find a vein. I just have bad veins.

Sleep sweet Bo 3/19/08 8/4/18

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

Of course they are trained but people are people and medicine isn't magic. Some workers are excellent at what they do, most are good at what they do, some not so good. It's that way with all jobs. I remember a doctor telling me once that I should never let anyone of the "poke" me more than twice, after the second poke if they can't get what they need, demand a physician. He was referring to blood draws but it would appy to iv's too. Every hospital has iv nurses who specialists. That's probably who that third "woman" is You really should start asking who all those people are. I don't let anyone do anything invasive to me without first asking who they are and what their position is. At any rate, you spoke up and that's about all you can do.

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

@chrystaltree wrote:
Of course they are trained but people are people and medicine isn't magic. Some workers are excellent at what they do, most are good at what they do, some not so good. It's that way with all jobs. I remember a doctor telling me once that I should never let anyone of the "poke" me more than twice, after the second poke if they can't get what they need, demand a physician. He was referring to blood draws but it would appy to iv's too. Every hospital has iv nurses who specialists. That's probably who that third "woman" is You really should start asking who all those people are. I don't let anyone do anything invasive to me without first asking who they are and what their position is. At any rate, you spoke up and that's about all you can do.

You sound like "a real peach", every nurses nightmare. And, no not every hospital has IV nurses, downsizing has eliminated those types of positions in some facilities.

AuntMame · ‎10-16-2010

I've had at least a hundred IV pokes through the years for medical procedures and none have ever hurt, not a bit. But then I'm a pretty tough gal. The other day however when a nurse poked my vein to insert an IV I actually screamed out in pain. And I cried and gasped several times as she maneuvered the line and needle. The next day the crook of my arm was swollen, red, and black-and-blue, with a nasty red lump on the bulging vein. It's fine now, but it gave me quite a scare. I think sometimes this sort of thing just happens.