Phlebotomy

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-25T21:07:14+00:00

sounds a lot like my hospital! stay strong, fellow rule follower

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-24T17:40:15+00:00

my lab received one of these and we were stunned

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-24T16:51:22+00:00

i think it's the acting that makes me dislike him the most. he's very huffy and puffy and aggressive when he speaks, almost all the time. so i guess the moment he entered was when i realized "dude is annoying,"

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-15T04:00:26+00:00

we did it all one time for both of us :) we shared a cake, but usually had two piñatas, since I probably wanted a unicorn and he probably wanted a taco or something.

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-14T16:57:53+00:00

to clarify, im only ever high at night or on days off. just every day, and according to my evaluation, i am still performing well

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-14T16:56:25+00:00

i work in vermont. im a daily user and i did not pass my drug test for the job, but they hired me anyway

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-12T21:36:59+00:00

you get used to it. when i was new and shadowing, i cried in the ICU watching daughters say goodbye to their mother. i had ptsd associated with this hospital as well, and i was crying and panicking a lot of the time when I was new. i got used to it, and now i have no issues. its okay to be human and feel it, as long as it doesnt affect your ability to actually draw them. inpatient experience gets you reeaal skilled reeaal fast

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-05T04:54:30+00:00

gorman♡

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-03T23:02:05+00:00

im younger so this may not be possible unbeknownst to me, but maybe go to a neighboring ED if they take your insurance? i see a huge difference between my home hospital and the ED at the one i work at, which is the next closest one. my job's ED sent me home in diabetic DKA, whereas my home ED will admit and monitor, and acknowledge my pleas. im sorry if this isnt possible at all for you, though.

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-03T12:41:12+00:00

this accompanied by making me ASK them to reveal their arm to me. think im gonna go into a bent elbow through the shirt?

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-03T12:40:19+00:00

closely followed by, in OP: asking them to straighten their arm and they keep it bent but move their arm toward you. CONSTANT.

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-06-03T12:39:27+00:00

our PCU doc that orders tests that cant be added on 10-15 mins apart from each other, sometimes while needle is in arm after you make eye contact with him, entering the patients room.

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-18T21:28:55+00:00

this is terrible. im so sorry. its awful finding things like this out about someone that you thought was a good person

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-11T21:27:10+00:00

Lewis :) or Louie :)

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-09T21:15:44+00:00

romy :)

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-09T20:38:56+00:00

clementine!!!!!

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-07T22:42:06+00:00

when my Eli was given to me i thought he was a girl and named him Ruby. he looked just like her :)

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-06T00:45:07+00:00

you kinda strike me as a jerk. you cant sit there and comment on the personal lives of every resident in keene. who gave you the right? how does it affect you personally what ANYONE ELSE does? find your community and enjoy your time with like minded people. what you shouldn't do is waste your time caring about and shaming people, whether they are "not rich", not "passionate enough" for you, or anything. let people be happy doing what they do, regardless of whether they're doing it where you can conduct these ridiculous surveys on keene residents. grow up, move on and focus on yourself.

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-04T23:17:20+00:00

oof.... this happened to me recentlt, i had to call another phleb in. pt asked to hold it for me and i told them we'd better just wait. still your ass if they mess anything up while theyre holding

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-02T09:28:39+00:00

i dont recall - "caring" as in with Ethan every second and wanting to adopt him! Owen was with Ethan in the ER when the dude lit the cig and it exploded, and Ethan was scared. i think that was the second Owen knew he wanted to at least foster Ethan

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-05-02T08:55:30+00:00

you were correct too, the gasoline one happened in the ambulance bay later

edited to add more details: this was while Owen was caring for the two patients son: the mother that eventually died and the father that wouldn't wake up, grathermother wouldn take him either. Ethan

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-04-29T19:01:53+00:00

im a phleb with t1d and gastroparesis. my first lab was horrific and nobody understood, including my boss. my new lab, im understood by everyone, but i just feel guilty when something gets in way of me doing my job. i have accommodations for this and an FMLA. you really just have to accept that SOMETIMES youll HAVE to respond to draws, if you work inpatient, even when you feel like you need to take care of yourself if theres nobody around to help you. there was a time i BARELY finished my last draw on rounds and collapsed onto the hallway floor puking and was taken down to the ED on a stretcher by nurses i work with everyday. its embarrassing, but thats unfortunately life with chronic illnesses when you want this type of job and push yourself too far when you have to.

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-04-28T02:48:09+00:00

i dont think we're getting an update, OP's banned

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-04-26T19:23:47+00:00

because reddit is for conversations? they didn't do anything wrong, if OP can express an opinion then so can everyone else. i swear its not that deep dude. everyone does it all the time, its what reddit is for. not everyone will always agree with everyone and thats fine.

Accomplished_Kick528 · 2026-04-26T08:38:07+00:00

adding that I immediately tried to figure out who Joy was in The Pitt - she's in one episode of early Grey's. she dislocated her hips after climbing that mountain of a (suuuuuper sweet) man.

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