[Katrina Eden]

Hi...

Remember that pain is completely subjective... Some patients will tell you getting a tiny sub/cut injection hurts, while others will tell you that they hardly feel a IM injection. I think unless it's contra-indicated, put the injection in quickly. I'm a nurse, and I've realised while I've been supervising students, that they tend to inject very slowly - this can make everything hurt more.

Also, put the pain into perspective in your head. I always used to feel awful about giving injections, but remember that the consequence of them not having the injection is often going to be a lot more painful.

As a nurse, you sometimes have to perform interventions which patients find uncomfortable - and sometimes no amount of distraction, technique or anything else stops that from happening....