r/BeAmazed • u/New_Libran • Jun 10 '25

Skill / Talent Chinese nurses use this technique called "flying needle" to draw blood

Blink and miss it!

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u/L1zoneD Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

American nurses in here just now realizing how advanced Chinese nurses are, lol. They don't study 12 hours a day year long for fun. They're bound to be spectacular.

Edit: After doing some research I've found that my comment is completely wrong. Nurses in the U.S. have more education before becoming a nurse and also receive more practical experience before becoming a nurse as well.

The fact that I have any upvotes(9) instead of all downvotes goes to show how people support what they want to hear instead of factual truth.

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u/anoneema Jun 10 '25

Not many here are realising anything. Most are expressing disbelief, doubt and criticism, especially commenters who work in healthcare.

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u/Tjaeng Jun 10 '25

I’m a European doctor who did clinical exchanges in both the US and China. Let’s just say while patient volumes and workload in the US was heavy compared to back home, Chinese procedural numbers per day per practitioner was so bonkers that I’m not at all surprised that some of the Chinese professionals end up looking like demigods when performing their most practiced maneuvers. We’re talking Whipple procedures usually averaging around 6 hours in the OR being done in less than 3 with the main surgeon running between three simultaneous operations.

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u/L1zoneD Jun 10 '25

You just summarized the concept of them being in denial perfectly.

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u/L1zoneD Jun 11 '25

After actually doing some research because of your comment, I have to edit my above comment that I was wrong and now I'd have to agree with what you're saying. They actually have fewer educational requirements and less training than in the U.S., which really surprised me.

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u/Swagocrag Jun 11 '25

I appreciate you looked it up and corrected in a edit I think that’s the important thing here

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u/Kalista-Moonwolf Jun 12 '25

Upvoting because it's classy as hell that you researched it, realized you were wrong, and publicly posted the correction.

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u/VortexMagus Jun 11 '25

I will note that nurses who learn this technique train extensively for it and almost certainly have dozens of hours of practice in it before they ever stick a patient. A lot more practice than most nurses in the US are given during nursing school with IV needles. A few three hour classes is all my friend got, with maybe 20-30 minutes of direct instruction total.