I'm that nurse. Worst case scenario is the other nurses destroyed your arms before calling me, and I'll just use the ultrasound. I won't say I never miss, but it is an exceedingly rare occasion.
This reminds me of when I was younger. We were in the emergency room, my sister had something wrong I don't remember, they tried and tried to get a vein but left to get someone else. My dad who was a crna just did it quickly while the nurse was gone and came in with a panic seeing my dad finish up before he told her that he was a crna who worked in that very hospital.
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u/AppropriateScience71 Jun 10 '25
I agree - some nurses seem to just have a natural intuition and others just don’t - even with years of experience.
Fortunately, most hospitals seem to always have that ONE nurse who can always find a vein.