Category Archives: Needle Sticks

I Have A Alarming Question About Patient Rights?

Posted on 09/30/2009 by nursing| 3 Comments

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 stick. Does anyone know if this is true? Any info will be appriciated

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Had A Blood Sample Taken From Me Today For The First Time…?

Posted on 09/26/2009 by nursing| 4 Comments

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? my boyfriend had some taken out and his arm is perfectly fine….just curious.

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Is Is Normal For You To Be Sore After Donating Blood?

Posted on 09/22/2009 by nursing| 4 Comments

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 a little weird like my vein was being tugged a lot or it just felt very awkward. I just want to know if this is normal because I would love to give blood again.

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Intravenous Needle Still Lurking In My Vein Somewhere?

Posted on 09/18/2009 by nursing| 3 Comments

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 if half of it was missing!
also, the nurse tugged the needle and pulled it towards the side, while it was stuck in my vien. the reason she did this was because the tube that goes on top was blocked. i dont know.. does info that help?

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Did The Nurse Hurt My Arm/vein?

Posted on 09/14/2009 by nursing| 1 Comment

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 and blood squirted slightly. Now I can hardly lift my arm. It is still some what bleeding. Is my arm messed up? Or is this sometimes normal when giving blood?

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Does Anyone Know The Answer To This?

Posted on 09/10/2009 by nursing| 22 Comments

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 to get any blood. She tried the other arm and still nothing. My friend had told me that I need more water but I dont know if that is true. So does anyone know the real answer to this problem?
I know I should have asked my doctor but he went on lunch break before I could so can anyone answer this?

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Failed Attempt At Blood Donation, Is My Arm Ok?

Posted on 09/06/2009 by nursing| 9 Comments

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?

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Ok I Have A Question On Getting Pricked By A Needle.?

Posted on 09/02/2009 by nursing| 5 Comments

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 that is dangerous?

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How Much Do You Really Care About Humanity?

Posted on 08/29/2009 by nursing| 1 Comment

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?

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I May Have Contracted Hep C,and Am A Nurse.do I Have To Disclose To My Job?

Posted on 08/25/2009 by nursing| 12 Comments

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 I report this? I’m so scared about this. Any website where I can look.

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