Nursing Skills: Blood Draw

her hair should be tied back

@meetwhistle

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actually, she is no worse than RN in a hospital, that do things you would never imagine.

@bcgoff1234

it burns my a** to no end, to see girls in my nursing class let their hair flop over top of a patient during clinical….and the instructors say nothing about it.

that is KY nursing for you at the community colleges

@sgtmatt6

you are so full of bulls***

never lay equipment on a patient’s bed.
she should have a carry tray to sit on the bedside stand

she did a CONTAMINATING PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY….SHE WINS THE GOLD MODEL TO CONTAMINAITON PERFORMANCE

you ditso

DO NOT LAY YOUR EQUIPMENT IN PATIENTS” BEDS YOU ARE SPREADING MICROS..

where the hell is your instructor??

I M THE LEGEND

I thought you did a wonderful job and its easy for people to give you criticism without it being constructive.

Ty for sharing DasaBlue!

We learned to always check for veins with our non-dominant hands for more accuracy.

We all learn from our mistakes. The bigger the failure, the greater the learned lesson. You will make a great nurse and or perhaps physician I have no doubt. Keep up the great work and never stop learning

This video was made by nursing students for a group project. I was nervous because I was being graded by my instructors. I understand that I contaminated my hands, but understand that this is why I’m in school practicing. When people make mistake, they learn from it. Regardless, I am open to contructive criticism.

lol i liked this..very thorough

That’s funny that you are going to defend this video, procedure, after watching her contaminate her hands by running them through her hair. Then use those same dirty hands to put on gloves after she has touched the outer surface of them.

very impressed, you don’t sound nervous or anything like a lot of these other people that make skills video

@JohnYesh911 haha i agree 100%

@bcgoff1234 and on top of that she put on gloves before drawing blood from the pt

@bcgoff1234 she followed the procedures though so you need to take it up to the red cross or something, what was she supposed to do? use gloves to pull the curtain?

when i got a blood draw the nurse didnt wash her hands she just did it right away

funny she washed her hands then contaminated them by touching dirty sheets, curtain etc

Sorry if I’m a little long winded. Order of draw will make your samples more accurate and prevent potential harm to your patient from a potentially inacurate result. Look at your tube top colors.

Follow the order of draw according to the CLSI guidlines: Sterile (blood cult) first, red (non additive for drug levels), light blue (for clotting tests PT/INR, PTT), gold top (chemistries -electrolytes/ glucose/ creatine/ BUN), green tube, pink (type & cross match blood), and lavendar is last always (lavendar – L for last used for CBC/ hematology studies). But check with your facility’s lab for their policies. Book “Phlebotomy Essentials” by Ruth McCall and Cathee Tankersley is good reference.

Thank you so much for checking that arm band. Remember not to leave that turniquite on too long. Practice taking it off after you find the vein and then reapply right before you draw. Remove the tourniqute right after you finish drawing or right after you establish flow, which ever is sooner. Only use basalic vein as last resort. Try to use cephalic or median vein if drawing from anticubital fossa. Always anchor vein when you puncture. May want to hold butterfly by wings and decrease angle.

I agree with ladydimples…tourniquet was on too long AND don’t ask “OK?” so much. If I were the patient I’d say, “NO! It’s NOT ok!” Other than that, you were very professional and looked confident. Good job!

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