I was given an injection with a baby needle on my elbow pit. The nurse had to switch veins 4 times (twice in left arm, twice in right arm) and still didn’t manage to give me the injection. I was told it was because I felt nervous so it made my veins “disappeared”. How is that possible ?
In: Biology
The answers here are awesome but there is a other option I didn’t see explored. Nurses miss veins all the time and just like trying to perform any fine motor skill under duress, it can be significantly more difficult. It could be they missed the first time and got into their own head about it which caused them to miss. Now their having to prick you again while you’re watching. They may seem calm but in their head they could be thinking: “I’ve done this a thousand times, how did I miss? … I better get it perfect this time… oh fuck I missed again… Jesus what is wrong with me today…fucking finally”. Nurses are people, they can psych themselves out too and it may be that she fed you a line as an excuse.
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