Going on record to say that I much prefer a woman handling my treatments than a guy. It isn't so much that I am sexist...it just seems that female RNs seem to lean toward having a better ability to make everything more comfortable.
Lets take my last two treatments as examples. The RN who has handled my treatments the last couple of times knows that she needs a smaller gauge needle for my veins, that my veins are not at all fond of being poked and require some inducement via wrapping my arm in a heating blanket in order to come to the surface, and her technique used inserting the needle and setting up the accoutrements is gentle and efficient.
By contrast, the male RN I had this last treatment sort of gave me crap for always using the same arm (its the best vein, dude), literally jabbed the needle into my arm, and then passive/aggressively complained that should I be assigned someone else my next visit, to make certain they make multiple appointments in the future as they tend to forget and I might not get the time I want (have not actually had a problem with that yet, but ok...).
My reactions at the time? What do YOU think? The guy was sticking me with a needle and taking my blood. Would you give him any shit? Exactly.
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