Student update

In the continuing adventures of my trainee, she's made a big forge ahead.

After our conversation on Tuesday regarding the cross section diagram which had her drawing from the side of vein instead of from the top, she began to understand. Yesterday she did nearly all the work 14 draws on 3 floors and 12 of them were successful. I was very pleased; she felt terrific and fell prey to the ego thing after a patient told her she did a wonderful job and she didn't feel a thing! I told T later that those are dangerous words, for you'll get a draw a few patients later who'll completely make you think you've never done this work before. And, that's what happened! LOL Poor girl.

And, she got her first 'flash'. Some of these old fart patients are sly - they think of all sorts of ways to show you their 'business' if you get my drift.

Now, T's a little person, not even five feet tall. So, this guy's sitting on the side of the bed; T has the tourniquet on his arm, checking for a vein. So she's *really* close to the scene when the old fart decides his nose itches, so he picks up his whole hospital gown and takes a very long time to rub his nose. *rolls eyes* As I told T later, if the old guy is waiting expectantly for some reaction, you just ignore 'em or say in a bored tone, "If you've seen one, you've seen 'em all", or whatever insult you can come up with that you can get away with. I really should do some thinking one of these days and figure out some new insults. If anyone can think of a good one, let me know!

We could have a contest. If I was rich, we could even order a penis cake for a prize! LOL Aren't you all lucky I'm not rich?

Kate