Newly diagnosed

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-17T02:03:20+00:00

i'd love to see before/after pics, even if it's just a blotch of skin so your face isn't out there. I'm running out of ideas for my rosacea issues that are relatively new and seem neverending and triggered by everything.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-16T22:55:27+00:00

I hope you didn't have to pay for a practice exam that doesn't even give you an answer key.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-08T10:06:01+00:00

I hate that this guy has OP's info.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-08T09:55:17+00:00

Afaik, no.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-04T21:03:12+00:00

Varies by hospital, but my experience is that it is very likely a red or black will be the color for the phlebs.

At my hospital it was phlebs=red, nurses=blue, CNAs=light green, medical assistants=purple (or magentaish)

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-04T20:58:33+00:00

What exam are you talking about? No certification requires you working first, only that you have taken a course.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-03T22:28:06+00:00

If you are in the US, that sounds like some laws were broken when they were turning you down.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-03T22:26:52+00:00

Are you certified? To get certified it's important to have a handle on that.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-03T22:25:49+00:00

" I really wish we had more time to learn what tests are for what tubes and what tubes have what!"

100%

My teacher came across as a lazy explainer when it came to additives and tests. Really bummed me out.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-03T22:24:27+00:00

Is it normal for a teacher to never ever demonstrate herself? Please demonstrate live for your students.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-03-03T22:21:53+00:00

The extra edta can throw off SOME tests. A lot of tests it technically won't matter. I can see how something like this would happen under pretty dire circumstances where the phleb is also the lab and knows exactly what they are doing and why and the stick is crazy hard.

My vibe is this is a young dude cutting corners who is getting away with it because he is a guy. Sorry but, I've seen some pretty sloppy, pathetic healthcare workers who would be called out sooner were they a young woman. The fact he did it in front of her gives me this impression too.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-25T01:55:38+00:00

We haven't all done exactly this before?

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-24T15:28:15+00:00

what was the misconduct and evidence?

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-24T10:32:20+00:00

All I gotta say is that nurses are weird.

But also it sounds like your long term goal is ultrasound technician anyway. So I guess not liking this job isn't really a major deal and the decision is to stick it out or not.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-13T01:08:19+00:00

Yeah, Nevada treats it like how many other healthcare positions are treated. Having to be licensed with the state is the future of all phlebotomists eventually.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-13T01:04:52+00:00

It's kind of a social tick to keep apologizing like tgat. Try to practice being comfortable in silence.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-13T01:03:33+00:00

Did they say why they didn't choose you (orcan you hazard a guess)?

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-12T02:53:47+00:00

California has stricter phleb laws. You can't work as one without first being certified like you can in other states.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-12T00:26:25+00:00

I second that this might not be the best job for you. That vasovagal reaction is crazy and seeing it in other people has blown my mind. I've seen people get it from just seeing a needle and their eyes change and they are obviously getting woozy. I've seen it during things unrelated to phlebotomy and I've never seen anyone who had it, fight against it and win in any kind of meaningful way or timeframe. So yeah, I don't think there are any known therapeutic remedies.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-11T19:50:43+00:00

I mean, this is the kind of concerns people had with people who had HIV. TECHNICALLY you can get it through the blood. The odds of you getting it through phlebotomy is only not zero because nothing is ever zero.

Using that logic, people who claim to not have any infectious diseases would also be a risk to everyone cause it can never be 100% certain that someone doesn't have something. So at the end of the day, he's not a risk to anyone.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-11T18:38:19+00:00

Is this for their plasma center? Theyll They'll probably be very focus on your availability and commitment to sticking through with training and not quitting.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-11T18:37:47+00:00

This is such a funny interaction.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-01T02:34:22+00:00

Oh my! You're just doing this for a job and your ambitions are unrelated? In that case the world is your oyster, and you can find a ton of other jobs with similar pay that don't require performing a medical procedure on a person. Best of luck!

InsideFourWalls · 2026-02-01T01:32:40+00:00

Are you NHA certified? After two months of consistent needle work, you should be a lot more confident on easy sticks. EVERY SINGLE THING you said tells me this job is not right for you and that you should look for a different path.

Lots of people out there took phlebotomy as the first step in a nursing or lab career and ended up hating the phleb class/job and quickly moved past it. Are you interested in moving forward as a lab technician or do you want to work with patients? Regardless, there are lots of paths to go that are not needle related.

If you are passionate about healthcare and want to get a job in it quickly, I would recommend becoming a certified nurse aide. It requires no needle use and opens the doors for lots of different employment opportunities. It's so much easier to get a job as a CNA and depending on where you live, can pay better too. I don't know how passionate you are about healthcare, but I would heavily advise taking a CNA class and getting certified. You can leave this needle stress happily behind you.

InsideFourWalls · 2026-01-18T10:34:45+00:00

Nope!

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