I find myself doing this weird thing lately. Ever since I successfully started my first IV, I noticed myself checking out people's veins a lot. Like, if I'm standing behind someone in the grocery store, or the gas station, or whatever. And I get all excited when I see someone with nice, plump veins, I get all excited and I think "man, I could start an IV on that guy so easy!" Then I feel weird about it, like I've violated that person in some way.
I check out my own veins, too. Nate catches me all the time feeling around on my arms, trying to find hidden ones, and probably wonders what the heck is wrong with me. Sometimes I wonder why he still likes me so much. I'm kind of a freak of nature sometimes.
Musings Of A New Nurse On The Unit
OCD
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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i found your blog through code blog, and thought i'd leave you a comment =)
i'm still in nursing school, with the IV therapy class coming up in three months. we have to bring in three "volunteers" to start IVs on, and i catch myself checking out others' veins all the time!
i think it's a nursing thing ;)
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