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Offline CreamPuff63

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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3795 on: October 31, 2012, 07:58:24 am »
I can't remember if this was the right thread but yesterday Amy was talking about her fear of needles. On some doctor show on TV today they said one way to reduce the pain is to cough during the shot. (Obviously to tell your nurse you are going to do this prior to sticking the needle in, otherwise it may end up in the wrong spot)

1. It is a distraction from the pain, and tricks your body to concentrate more on coughing
2. It increases the blood pressure slightly which in turns decreases the pain

There you go, just saved you a hypnotists fee!
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3796 on: October 31, 2012, 08:43:14 am »
Lordy give me strength. The pain  involved in most injections would be equal l  to a mosquito bite. The anticipation of receiving a needle  raises the blood pressure thereby minimising the the  sting of the needle in any case.

As a nurse having given maybe thousands if injections  over many years the advice i would give, would be to smack the mother's of children in the head  while giving the kid the needle.

in case of teenag girls  I would say put your big  girls blouse on. Usually girls are no problem if the mother is not there.

With teenage boys I would say grip your d**k.  Adult men were no problem as they would  be looking down my unbuttoned uinform.  Sometimes worked with teenage boys too if their mothers  weren't holding their hands,

Get A grip people.  Cough at your peril. You have no idea where I would stick that needle but I do.

Gert
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3797 on: October 31, 2012, 08:51:17 am »
Oh Gert, you absolutely crack me up. That is hilarious  ;D :D ;D
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3798 on: October 31, 2012, 08:53:03 am »
Thanks CP :-))
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3799 on: October 31, 2012, 08:55:49 am »
Lmao gert .. Between sanding open knee sores and slaps in the head think ill want another nurse !!! My mum is brutal too .. Still nursing !
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3800 on: October 31, 2012, 08:58:31 am »
I have lovely new skin on my knees Frozzie ;D
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3801 on: October 31, 2012, 09:11:36 am »
All sorts of funny scenes are running through my head ATM ... I can just imagine it  :D :D :D

That's ok Amy, my niece is a nurse and she hates getting them too.
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3802 on: October 31, 2012, 09:31:15 am »
But she's alright giving them to others CP? :-\
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3803 on: October 31, 2012, 09:39:54 am »
As Gert says, do what you are told. My sister was a nurse.....

Too much medical people in my family for my liking
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3804 on: October 31, 2012, 09:44:49 am »
I know that feeling Robyn :P
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« Reply #3805 on: October 31, 2012, 09:50:23 am »
When I was training we were told to use oranges, given needles and syringes and sent outside to practice,while the tutors had a smoke .. As there were a few "older " students we used to go outside the nurses quarters , light up a non American tobacco  cigarette and practice on each other. All was calm and collected and we became instant experts.

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« Reply #3806 on: October 31, 2012, 09:51:18 am »
 :D :D :D :D :D :D Gert, you are so funny
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3807 on: October 31, 2012, 10:08:32 am »
Gert, I would make a great nurse like you (I think), I'm rough and ready and a no-nonsense sort of person. Ask my DH  :-))
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3808 on: October 31, 2012, 10:13:41 am »
I've got lots of visions in my head also - classic Gert
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Re: What have you been doing today?
« Reply #3809 on: October 31, 2012, 10:24:14 am »
Quote from: judydawn on October 31, 2012, 10:08:32 am
Gert, I would make a great nurse like you (I think), I'm rough and ready and a no-nonsense sort of person. Ask my DH  :-))

Judy you are a nurse. The best kind.  Hands on. Intuitive. Listening. Learning. Healing. Above all practical witha sh*t load of common sense.

You do not need a university education to be a good practical nurse. You just have to remember what your grandma taught ya and take no nonsense.

All mothers are nurses. There is  nothing hard  about  BEDSIDE. Nursing.

Today specialised nursing needs  a specialised education,for sure  but the basics are within us all. God help us even men can do it.

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