 Hey guys, so today I wanted to do a video on starting your first IV and I want to talk about my experience starting my first IV because I Was probably tachycardic at about 150 my respirations were probably about 35 and I was super super anxious And so I want to kind of talk about my first experience and your first experience and what we can do about our first Experiences so starting my first experience my first experience putting an IV. I was in med surge I had just learned how to put an IV in through our and got passed off through our competency and I had the opportunity presented to me in the on my med surge rotation and the this patient happened to be Probably close to 300 pounds. And so, you know when you're a little bit more fluffy veins tend to be a little bit harder to feel a little bit deeper and So my instructor said well, you know Who knows if you'll get it, but you might as well try because you know not every stick's gonna be easy So I got all my stuff prepared. It probably took me Legitimately 15 minutes to set up my stuff because I was so nervous thinking about every little step like oh my gosh Did I prime the line? Oh my gosh, did I do this and? I was so nervous and I'm trying to like talk to the patient through it too and Actually, the patient kept falling asleep. So that actually made me feel a little better I was like, okay if they're falling asleep then They're probably like not that nervous because if they're nervous and I'm nervous It's just not gonna be a good thing if we're both nervous. So I had my instructor there and I remember I did it in the patients left AC and I put my first needle in and didn't get any flashback nothing and so Ended up pulling that one and the instructor said, you know, let's try again So I ended up doing it again, and I actually got it. It had to have been pure luck I had no idea like what I was doing, you know, I have idea of the steps But I mean really I had no idea what I was doing and I got it and my instructor was like super impressed because She was like expecting me to probably not get it because it was a difficult stick But I apparently aimed and got something and got that little flashback and I just remember all I was like, please Let me see that flashback. Please. Please. Please. That's all I wanted to see that flashback I could put and I did it and I got it in which was a good first experience because you know, you know Always get every stick. So that was my first experience I think most people have similar experiences as far as you know feeling super super super nervous the first time putting an idea and it's a hard Skill to get comfortable if you have to do it a lot to really get comfortable with You know being able to poke someone with a huge needle And you know learning that you have to have to go kind of quick and you don't just slowly slide the needle and you kind of have to jab it and It's just all like the dexterity of it So if you can practice a ton in your clinicals or like in your labs at school That is what I recommend because just getting the dexterity of it and what you do when you pop your turn to get and the flow of it Helps a lot. So that way when you're in clinicals, you feel a little bit more comfortable with the process of it now it's just actually doing it on a human and don't be afraid to do it in clinicals once you're able to Do it even if it's a hard stick. Who cares? You know if they're hard stick, then you know, you're already going into it You know there are hard sticks if you don't get it. Well, they were hard stick Most people would have a hard time sticking them anyway, and if you do get it, it's like, oh, wow Maybe I actually know what I'm doing So, you know, it's just something you have to practice and you know It's a good skill to have in your toolbox, especially if a patient's IV goes bad or they need an emergent one or something Like that to be able to do it quickly And you know just because you're not good at IVs or maybe not as proficient as it doesn't mean you're a bad nurse But again, it is a cool school Skill to have so anyways if you guys have a first IV starting story leave those stories in the comments Below give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and I'll see you next time. Bye