I am a freshman in college and also doing an internship at a local hospital. I have watch two IVs get put in and have either fainted or come extremely close. I have paced over other job possibilities and nursing is the only one i would truly love and enjoy doing. I want to help people but im not sure if i can get over this 'issue'. Should i keep trying to adapt to needles and the sight of blood or am i doomed?
Mandy
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August 30th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Hi Mandy,
I couldn’t help but laugh because I had the same problem too. My Senior year of highschool I had to do an internship and I was in the ER at the local hospital. My first day I watched a NP stitch up a guys foot that was cut by a weed wacker right down to his bone and I had to sit down because I almost passed out. THEN, another day I watched a doctor stitch up a guys finger and had to sit down because I felt faint.
Now, I am a new nurse of 7 months and love it. I love blood and guts and scrapes and bruises. The one thing I still get queezy about is bones…not my thing…yet.
So, stick with it!!! This guy I know fainted plenty of times because of blood and he is now in school to be a doctor. So, it’s not impossible to get over. The more you see it the better you will probably do. Good luck and best wishes!
Leanna 🙂