Have you experienced bias from being a left-handed Nurse?

1 I am currently doing research for a paper in my Pre-Req English Comp class. It is about the difficulties faced by the left handed college student and that of left handed Nurses. Can anyone please elaborate on the difficulties you have faced as a left handed nursing student or as a practicing left handed nurse? Did you feel there was any discrimination or bias toward your handedness? Were you able to use right handed equipment efficiently?
Any and all input will be greatly appreciated. So all you lefties out there, here is your time to speak up.

Thanks Everybody!
not really any difficulties, but when i was learning how to start IV's, i had such a hard time getting a good anchor (bc my hand was in the way) that i learned how to do them right handed also. can't do much else with that hand, but i can start an IV. there really isn't too much right or left handed equipment per say, but a pair of left handed bandage scissors would be nice!!

Some clinical aspects were a little difficult to do after watching a right handed instructer, but that has been the same with everything I have been taught in my life. Truthfully, I know many, many LEFT handed nurses!

I am left-handed and I can't say that it's caused me any problems in school or as a nurse. Of course I have spent my entire life adjusting and compensating in a right handed world, so I am not sure I would even notice!

Quote from flightnurse2bthere really isn't too much right or left handed equipment per say, but a pair of left handed bandage scissors would be nice!!

No real biases. When learning phlebotomy I was lucky enough to have a left handed teachers aid. Still giving injections I some time have my hand in the way of my self. The right sided desks are a pain for a lefty to sit in and try to write. I do everything lefty except use scissors. My right handed parents taught me to use scissors. Actually at the clinic I work at lefties are the majority. It is said that left handers lean toward medical and creative jobs.

no biases I just hated right handed desks.I did well clinically I just had to get on the opposite side of the maniken when practing my skills.

Quote from NurseLoveJoy88no biases I just hated right handed desks.I did well clinically I just had to get on the opposite side of the maniken when practing my skills.

The first IV I ever started, I started right-handed. I suppose it was what I was used to seeing. I didn't remember I was left-handed until it was time to screw the hub on. Blood everywhere! But now I intentionally do some right-handed when it's easier to reach.I haven't met any active discrimination, and haven't had nearly as much trouble with equipment as I did when I was a carpenter. But I am going to look into those left-handed scissors.

I'm a left-handed nurse as well. Like the other poster, I have learned in a right-handed world and adjust accordingly. I do have to stand on the other side of the bed in order to place a foley, and adjust myself when starting IV's. I have just adjusted to what needed to be done.Interesting post

Apart from being told how awkward I look when I do stuff, and having to figure out which hand I prefer doing injections/drawing blood/inserting IVs etc, no real problems. I'm so used to using R handed scissors, I can't use my left hand to cut now! I am reasonably ambidextrous which is annoying as I have to do things with both hands until I decide which is better for a certain task.

I'm in the weird situation of being a right-handed nurse who learned to insert Foleys left-handed... it was the way the mannequin in nsg school was positioned.

Thanks everyone! This is a really amazing how everyone has perservered. This makes my research that much more interesting. If you think of something else that was an obstacle as a leftie or ways to help with our leftness, please share. I think all of us lefties will appreciate the advice and maybe we can share experiences with each other in order to become the best nurses we can possibly be.