Just a scratch/little prick
When you to have a vein 'cannulated' (ie a needle in) and someone utters one of the phrases above, kick them in the balls/pedunda and cheerfully say, 'just a slight stroke'.

I have done thousands of cannulations. Some people don't feel a thing, but others feel a lot of pain, it depends on how sensitive the skin you are cannulating through is, and has nothing to do with being a softy.

Suggesting that feeling pain=big girls blouse is cruel. Stop it.

Rant over.
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 22:19, 5 replies)

I agree
I would much rather someone said..."Ok, this might hurt like hell so be prepared"
Than me think I have to be brave and act like it doesn't hurt LIKE HELL!
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 22:24, closed)

I tend to say
This might hurt. Patients are not morons, they understand that in Hospitals, bad things have to happen to make them well (for the most part)
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 22:43, closed)

Thanks
I always wondered why they claimed it would be a scratch when it felt a lot worse. That said the person doing it matters as well. I had one nurse who tried eleven times to get blood, and another who got it first try
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 23:47, closed)

I usually get 'sharp scratch'
but the new nurse says "on 3. 1 2 3.." but then does it on 1, the crafty moo.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 23:57, closed)

It wasn't so much the "sharp scratch" that hurt the last time I had blood taken, but the fact that the operator of the Syringe the needle was attached to, couldn't keep the bloody thing still...

Arsehole.
(caescarna Hell's Roomba, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 10:58, closed)