I remember my first day as a real nurse starting my first “intravenous line” (iv)! Keep in mind that in nursing school they never let us try it with a real arm so this was another very nervous experience!
It has arrived! My first day at not just playing but actually being a nurse! This may have been my scariest day on planet earth! Keep in mind that throughout my nursing school days I wasn’t allowed to actually do any procedures on any real person! They (nursing school) had us do all procedures in fake things like starting IV’s on fake arms that had shown all of the past needle marks so well that I could toss that darned needle from 10 feet away and still start an IV! So anything I would do to a real patient would be my first time! That included things like “ng (nasogastric) tubes,” “urinary catheters,” working with “arterial lines” etc! But I made it through somehow! – “The” Trainer Outdoor Training Specialist /Consultant- @61!
