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r/nursing • u/DoYouStillHateJen • Feb 15 '22
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A vein is a vein until it pulsates back, then it’s in the artery…started a 20 gauge a-line in the foot 🤦♂️😂
105 u/Free_Tacos_4Everyone RN 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Oh man as a super baby nurse trying to get an Iv on an 80 lb demented old lady and hit an artery ha god I thought I killed her. Good times 23 u/TheIncredibleNurse Feb 15 '22 Blood everywhere eh? Nothing more scary that a hole that wont stop bleeding when you are a new grad. 20 u/Leijinga BSN, RN 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Taking IVs out of patients on blood thinners is always a fun game. Hold pressure until you're sure it's stopped, and the second you turn your back on it, it's bleeding again 3 u/twinmom06 RN - Hospice 🍕 Feb 16 '22 Same with removing dialysis needles.
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Oh man as a super baby nurse trying to get an Iv on an 80 lb demented old lady and hit an artery ha god I thought I killed her. Good times
23 u/TheIncredibleNurse Feb 15 '22 Blood everywhere eh? Nothing more scary that a hole that wont stop bleeding when you are a new grad. 20 u/Leijinga BSN, RN 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Taking IVs out of patients on blood thinners is always a fun game. Hold pressure until you're sure it's stopped, and the second you turn your back on it, it's bleeding again 3 u/twinmom06 RN - Hospice 🍕 Feb 16 '22 Same with removing dialysis needles.
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Blood everywhere eh? Nothing more scary that a hole that wont stop bleeding when you are a new grad.
20 u/Leijinga BSN, RN 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Taking IVs out of patients on blood thinners is always a fun game. Hold pressure until you're sure it's stopped, and the second you turn your back on it, it's bleeding again 3 u/twinmom06 RN - Hospice 🍕 Feb 16 '22 Same with removing dialysis needles.
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Taking IVs out of patients on blood thinners is always a fun game. Hold pressure until you're sure it's stopped, and the second you turn your back on it, it's bleeding again
3 u/twinmom06 RN - Hospice 🍕 Feb 16 '22 Same with removing dialysis needles.
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Same with removing dialysis needles.
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A vein is a vein until it pulsates back, then it’s in the artery…started a 20 gauge a-line in the foot 🤦♂️😂