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I heard this the other day from experience and it alarmed me right to the core. As a nurse, drawing someones blood and dealing with body fluids, I didn’t know that I do now have the right to know if someone has a contageous disease. Including HIV, hepititis, anything I could catch with a needle [...]
and it’s bruising up pretty bad. you can see where the nurse stuck the needle in, and then there’s about an inch of my vein that is just very blue/purple and it’s very sore to the touch. is it normal for people to bruise up that easily from having blood taken out? [...]
Just to let you know this was my first time and not many of the nurses wanted to stick me with the needle because my veins are small. One nurse ended up getting the needle into my vein after three attempts and from then on out was fine. Afterwards, though, my arm felt [...]
when i press the area of my hand (about 2cm away from the spot where i had the intraveous needle inserted) it hurts and feels funny. everytime i press into that spot i feel pain and something kind of move.
is it possible?? when the nurse takes out the needle, i’m sure she would have noticed [...]
I was just donating blood at the red cross a few hours ago. This time when the nurse stuck my arm it hurt FAR worse than it ever has before when I’ve donated. The blood ended up clotting and my arm turned bright purple from the strap. Then she had to take the needle out [...]
Yesterday I went to the doctor and I had to have some blood work done. But when the nurse stuck the needle into my arm she did not get any blood at all to come out (lol) She tried moving the needle over and still nothing. She tapped on my skin and she couldnt seem [...]
The nurse stuck the needle in, and when no blood came one, she probed it around a couple times. Ouch. I’ve never donated before, so is my vein going to be ok to use again for blood donation?
my friend is taking classes to be a nurse. he was helping a patient and got a needle stuck into in hand. the man he was helping is old and is in the nursing home. my question is are the older people the ones with the STD’s & HIV? and can he get anything else [...]
A. An earthquake makes California break off and fall into the ocean, killing millions of innocent people.
or
B a careless nurse sticks a red hot needle deep into your eye?
which do you choose?
I recently found out that I hep C and don’t know how I contracted it and want to know does anyone know where
I can look up my rights. I may have contracted it from my job but have never reported a needle stick,or anything like that. Will I get fired from my job? Should [...]
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