Local Anesthesia

I remember being in school one day last year, and hearing news that the seniors were starting local anesthetic  that day. I remember thinking how scary that would be, and how glad I was that anesthesia would be a whole year away for me! Well... today that day came! I spent the better part of yesterday after school reading, studying, looking at pictures of nerves and their locations, and even prodding my poor husband with cotton application sticks! 

I came to school today with butterflies in my stomach, so nervous to poke poor Misty! Once I began, it was like all my studying clicked. I thought to myself "Aha! Maybe this is something I can do!" I loved it! The insertion points and angles were not nearly so hard to find as I thought they would be, and I felt like it went great for my first time! I was shaky because I was nervous, but now that I feel better about it I know I'll be more stable. I can't wait to start administering LA to my patients!