Goomba38 wrote on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:19:54 -0500:

??>>> Oh hell no. If you're my patient, I'm drawing the blood.
??>>> I can do it with my eyes shut (seriously. No, SERIOUSLY!)
??>>> I do most of my blood testing arterially.... we don't
??>>> need no stankin' lights!) Just remember- this will hurt
??>>> you more than it hurts me.
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??>> Nurses here tend to say "Just a little prick"
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??>> :-)
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??>> Janet

G> LOL, sure... describe patients anyway you'd like..

Nurses like to think that they are experts of finding veins and
inserting needles and it's usually true but I've unfortunately
experienced a number of occasions where more than one try was
necessary or blood leaked into the tissue. On the other hand, I
know the little finger-stick will not hurt but it is hard to
convince myself even after uncounted samples and I still often
tense up.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not