Chapter 48: Head Nurse (3)
“How many times do I have to say it? That’s not a vein. Your angle’s wrong.”
“Hiieeek! Hiieeek!”
After recruiting Chloe as my nurse, I’d spent the past week using whatever time I could spare to train her.
She was diligent and had experience, so her fundamentals were solid. The problem was her timid personality.
“If you can’t find the vein and keep poking, slap the arm a few times.”
“H-How could I possibly hit your arm, sir...!”
“You’ll have to hit Her Highness’s arm too, eventually.”
“Gyaaaah!”
Venipuncture was tricky, after all. It was a necessary skill, so I thought I’d start teaching it, though it wasn’t urgent.
Since blood analysis tools were still in development, only I could handle it for now.
Along with practical training like blood pressure measurement, I’d been teaching her the basics of medical theory too.
Maybe it was thanks to her folk remedy knowledge, but she managed to follow even when I skipped some of the scientific explanations.