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Have you had to deal with trainee staff?
The hospital that I am registered to is also a medical university full of trainee health care professionals. My most recent interaction with a trainee nurse deeply upset me. I was being prepped for my monthly red cell exchange transfusion, and her supervisor allowed her to find a vein in my arm and insert one of the needles. However she made a mistake and missed the vein, this resulted in me having to be injected all over again but by her supervisor. Consequently, I was left with an additional scar on my arm, which made me feel self-conscious. I scar so easily and it may seem insignificant but this mistake bought tears to my eyes. My friend encouraged me by reminding me she has to practice to get it right for the next person, but I was still a bit down. Do you mind being practiced on?
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