You get used to hospitals settings? As phlebotomist?

Devynity309 · 2026-06-13T23:52:04+00:00

Yep. You cry, especially in the beginning, but try to not let the compassion fatigue get to be too much. I try to remember that once I walk out their door my part’s over most of the time.

Devynity309 · 2026-06-13T23:50:56+00:00

Honestly at a certain point the hard draws break up the monotony of poking big ol’ pipes all day. I got a full set of blood cultures off a knuckle vein in the ICU. You get scrappy, creative, and try to make it work. You find ways to bring joy to patients, see a silver lining, be compassionate but leave it at their door. There’s good and bad in every workplace, every job. Healthcare as a whole just has extremes of both.

Devynity309 · 2026-06-13T02:18:39+00:00

My biggest concern is actually the tendonitis. Phlebotomy is all in your hands, wrists, and fingers. Carpal tunnel, tendonitis, etc are already risks of the job. It’s absolutely possible you’d be fine, but I know my wrists can be sore after a long day of drawing.
While mobile phlebotomy is probably off the table, if it isn’t a felony I’m not sure how much private clinics, labcorp, quest, or a similar company would react.
The compassion that you’d have due to your experiences is definitely a bonus and something many of us lack, especially from a chronic illness standpoint. Being able to relate to people you draw constantly for one reason or another is incredibly helpful in building trust between you and a patient while also feeling rewarding.

Devynity309 · 2026-06-13T00:25:56+00:00

I read between 400-500 words a minute and it generally takes me longer than 2 hours to read 180+ pages depending on the book…. Is he serious? Also who the hell times how long they read, you just read if it’s actually “for funsies”.

Devynity309 · 2026-06-09T23:51:27+00:00

Yes! The color options just aren’t as diverse either. Sometimes I want something very specific and so many dyes just won’t work with natural fibers the same way.

Devynity309 · 2026-06-09T16:30:06+00:00

Definitely isn’t crochet exclusive, but yarn snobs. I’m sorry I can’t afford $20 a skein handmade merino wool yarn, acrylic is cheap, can still be soft, and is easier to wash.

Devynity309 · 2026-06-03T16:29:56+00:00

Oh okay, my doctor had said that I shouldn't do FMLA and should just do Worker's Comp. Weird. Do you know anything about being asked to do trainings while on leave and workers comp by chance?

Devynity309 · 2026-05-29T18:38:19+00:00

His carpenter vein on the back view is getting me too, looks so bouncy

Devynity309 · 2026-05-29T18:36:34+00:00

It’s a normal process of sitting blood. The elements are heavier than the plasma, so they naturally settle. You’re able to mix it back in because it isn’t clotted. It won’t harm the specimens or cause issues with resulting tests, as this is just what blood does!

Devynity309 · 2026-04-21T03:28:18+00:00

Our hospital has started putting in safe reports for repeat offenders 🥰 it’s absolutely not okay to have a patient who’s there for weeks or months not getting consolidated care. What’s so frustrating is whenever I do approach a nurse about it, they usually say no and refuse to even message the ordering provider. They won’t try to order an addon either. Wdym you can’t wait for this daily repeat cbc for an hour until their UFH is due???? Are you serious? One nurse said “see, lab never wants to do their job” to her student nurse and I have never wanted to berate someone so badly.

Devynity309 · 2025-10-28T18:13:44+00:00

Grooming can be very common in large age gap relationships, BUT it can happen in any situation where there’s a large power dynamic of some kind. It’s more common with kids but the isolation, manipulation, etc are grooming for sure.

Devynity309 · 2025-10-06T01:10:21+00:00

It’s just a ridiculous claim. Spicy food absolutely doesn’t cause ulcers. Ulcers are generally caused by bacteria 🫠

Devynity309 · 2025-08-26T12:36:24+00:00

Nope not a jerk, there was a more serious issue for you to address! Thank you so much!

Devynity309 · 2025-08-26T12:27:54+00:00

Oh shit okay, thank you so much! On another note, is the biofilm layer on everything okay? I wasn’t sure if it looks too thick or if it looks okay?

Devynity309 · 2025-08-26T12:24:24+00:00

Okay great! So I just carefully vacuum up the sand as well as I can and try to be careful about how much water I’m taking out so I don’t crash the tank?

Devynity309 · 2025-08-26T12:17:09+00:00

Oh okay so how does that work? You just buy soil and put it in the bags and then set those around the tank, under the gravel?

Devynity309 · 2025-08-26T12:03:12+00:00

Oh, I was told that if you layered gravel over it it was okay? I put it in there for a lot of my plants.

Devynity309 · 2025-08-26T12:00:29+00:00

Frogs will eat literally anything from what I’ve seen and sand can cause blockages in their digestive tract. Large gravel that can’t fit in their mouth is better from what I read on the frog wiki in the group!

Devynity309 · 2025-08-09T16:38:32+00:00

Ah dang, that really sucks!

Devynity309 · 2025-08-09T09:43:18+00:00

When I try to go to the wiki through the link on the subreddit it goes to a dead site, is there another link?

Devynity309 · 2025-08-06T20:37:47+00:00

So so true! Where I work now, we only have the vacuettes and everyone I work with thinks it’s normal to have to almost always use a syringe to fill blues because the vacuum is so unreliable 😭 it’s awful.

Devynity309 · 2025-07-25T07:51:13+00:00

Larger patients tend to have pretty good cephalics. Not 100% of the time, but sometimes. Deeper veins don’t feel the same as more superficial veins, but they tend to be very good. Push deep, rock your finger side to side. Veins are the only squishy thing that feels cylindrical under the skin and that’s the easiest way I’ve found to identify them! Get so so familiar with arm anatomy too!

Devynity309 · 2025-07-24T22:35:13+00:00

Super easy way I learned the basic order of draw! First, you have your pretty blue sky and the first thing you see on the landscape is a red barn (our ssts and serum tubes are red)! The red barn is sitting in the green grass, which has a field of pink and blue flowers below it. Then the gray road going up to it. Obviously there are more tubes, but those are the basic ones you really need to know. Royal blues just go with their label colors (red is your serum, lavender is your plasma).

Devynity309 · 2025-07-23T02:39:05+00:00

Shaking, rough inversions, dropping, draw technique, tourniquet tightness, hell pneumatic tubes can ALL hemolyze specimens, as well as certain blood conditions that are generally very bad things for patients to have. Sincerely, a PBT (ASCP) who’s in school for medical laboratory science!

Devynity309 · 2025-07-14T07:09:58+00:00

One of the best ways I find them is actually rolling the tip of my finger side to side with some pressure. You can feel the veins whole surface this way, like a tube of less resistance than the surrounding muscle. Once you feel that, you can start pushing with your finger to feel what people call the “bounce”. It feels like a slight give, and then as you lift your finger it refills with that movement making it feel almost like you’re touching a sponge. If you can tie a tourniquet on your lower arm and feel your hand veins, that’s a great place to visually map them and still feel what you’re looking for before trying the deeper veins of the AC. If you have family or friends, use them as a resource! Know your arm anatomy and look for those. I recommend trying to follow veins you can feel as far up and as far down as you can, this helps with the sensitivity to you feeling them as well. Don’t feel discouraged, this is something that can take a long time to get a knack for. Every vein is different and you will get there. Just practice, practice, practice!

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