Help!!! im terrified of needles and have to get a drug test?

Question

I will be attending chamberlain college of nursing in addison illinois and will be having to get a drug test. I am worried they will do a blood test seeing as I hateeeeee needles I was just wondering if anyone knows what kind of drug test they use. If it is a blood test I obviously will still do it because becoming a nurse is my dream.I just want to be able to prep myself. thanks for your help

Answer 1

You better get over it if you want to be a nurse.

Answer 2

Go spend a few hours in a cancer ward see what others go through. You will probably leave feeling glad that a needle is all you have to deal with. If your still afraid, close your eyes and don't look.

Picture the little pinch sensation being nothing more than one sharp little claw on a kitten you are playing with. If that doesn't work... I don't know?

Answer 3

I have no idea what type of test they will do. I would assume a urine test. But I don't know.

However, I to have a HUGE fear of needles. I cry about a 1/2 before the test, while in the chair having it do and about 10 minutes after. Lately, I have had to take some blood tests. This is how I calm myself down. I tell the nurse I'm scared to death. I ask her if I can have a sticker when its done. ( I know it sounds dumb, but the tech seems to be a bit more patient with me when I ask for that. I always get one too!) I ask them to use a butterfly needle, its a bit thinner than an average needle. I explain that I'm afraid as heck. I put my arm up and turn my head away and close my eyes. It helps me to have something in my hand while they are sticking me. Then I get my sticker.

Btw: I'm in my 30's and still like stickers. *lol*

Answer 4

No worries.

I HATE needles too.

What you do.. go to the drug store.  Get "EMLA" patches.

Put this patch on as directed on the box, put it on about an hour before you get the needle (obviously you have to know where they are going to prick you).  It will numb that area of your skin!  Then just look away as they give you a needle.   You won't feel a thing.

Answer 5

Most of the time for a drug test they either do a urine test or hair sample. But I cant promise different places use different procedures. If they do use a needle and take blood it wont take long. I always look the other way and think of something else that way I wont think about it. Then you wont feel it as bad. If you don't drink or eat a lot before they do it then it will be easier to find the vein. The easier it is the less it hurts. But I really think they'll do the urine test or hair sample.