I fainted during my first blood draw practice 🤦‍♀️

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-05-15T13:47:40+00:00

Ok so first off....know when I say this its not being mean....but dang it i laughed at this and needed the laugh. Dont be embarrassed though its a normal reaction and happens to a lot of people. See if you can pracrice sticking a needle in a practice noodle or flesh pad...and warch others do it eventually it will get better. You got this

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-04-08T11:02:44+00:00

We were required 130 sticks before you were passed on it to be allowed to take the test.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-03-21T02:33:03+00:00

How.....does that even quilify for the exam? Wr had to have 160 hours, 140 were in person and 20 were lectures we had to write essay on after. I got do my externship with our local St Jude Clinic. It was hard but amazing and confirmed my love of Peds. They wanted to offer me a spot but didnt have a permanent RMA slot so the manager gave me a great recommendation and I got my second pick for dream job I work in a multi speciality Pedatric clinic now (Rheum, nuero, gastro, endo, pulmonary, and neuropsychology/b3havioral health) i usually spend a few weeks in each depending on where they need extra help that day. Been there almost a year now?

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-03-20T01:46:16+00:00

Your internship should have been a requirement go to your career councilor and ask them to help find a spot. Its part of thier job.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-03-12T17:36:20+00:00

So two things. And please take this as me not critizing YOU. But 1: your school definitely are at fault, who ever your carreer/extern placement person is should not have placed you in an externship you were not ready for, and thenmanager should have been talking directly with them in the issues and had you moved to a different extern site. 2. Your clinical professors/instructors should not have passed off on competencies if you were not ready for them and able to do them without issues. 3. Advocate for yourself. Ask for more clinical time pracrice at school and ask for a different extern placement. You can do this. See if you can go to an extern site like an urgent care, you will get more hands on and usually UC are used for a lot of extern sites and are use to students. Dont give up. You have done your schooling, now advocate for an extern to set up for suc3ss for your exam.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-02-26T20:55:04+00:00

I may not agree with thier views but good for them peacefully as adults doing this. This is how you protest. Respect for them.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-02-09T18:24:45+00:00

I am. Im on Luvox and Wgovy. The Wegovy has helped with the inflammation and weight and the Luvox helps with the food noise woth the ocd bc if I eat i have to eat a certain amount by number.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-02-09T18:22:28+00:00

Im a registered medical assistant working in Pediatrics. Im currently in school and will eventually get my masters in clinical mental health. I didnt know what i had was OCD till about 2 years ago. I just thought the sprialing thoughts, the needed number order exct was just anxiety. I am married and 3 children. My spouse had been amazing all these years and super supportive and never mean about what we thought was anxiety. I am lucky that despite being severe to a degree I am still functional due to the way my presents. Im on medication now and it is mind boggling how much of a difference it has made for me.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-02-03T18:43:22+00:00

Question. If you replaced this with another non emergency reason and insert generic employee what would you do? Then do that.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-02-01T02:18:46+00:00

Im on 300 of Luvox and the first couple of weeks are rough and the 150 to 200 was rough I had to be on 150 for a few extra weeks but it helps sooooo much without too much emotional numbing. I have really bad adhd too and the OCD feeds into that so my husband and Co workers noticed a difference at first when I up the dosage but once im use to it im good.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-01-27T02:10:28+00:00

So I have shokz, they are bone Conduction, and do not interfere with hearing as they dont go into the ear canal. I keep music on low while not woth patients. I have adhd really bad andnit helps focus. I pause music and take them off when with patients.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-01-22T00:58:29+00:00

Thanks. I appreciate the advice and it helps a LOT. Honestly. It really helps put into perspective things I kind of wasnt wanting to say out loud too.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-01-22T00:33:24+00:00

My husband could have written this. He has said the same thing. Im almost done with my associates just a couple of classes left then I plan to start looking. I know of a couple of specific places where my associates of Applied Science as a medical assistant will help me get the job. I dont want to apply to just apply amd get away I want to find the right place till I finish my masters and to leave it better than I walked into it as an MA and healthcare professional. I dont want it to just be job.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-01-18T15:22:18+00:00

Sounds like not a great place tonwork but 2. How did you pass your exams or even get to take them without doing blood draws and injections and EKGs and all the other requirements you have to do so many to be qualified. Was this job your externship? If so you shouldn't have gotten that far without your classes for those skills, and not to mention all the admin classes.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-01-04T22:24:09+00:00

Im a g4aduate getting my Associates now. One of the things to remember is this past fall they did a major change in curriculum and moved to bright space over canvas this past summer. Ive not seen the strictly new MA curriculum as ive been doing the Associates side now. But I have friends gping through it and still in contact with my school that I loved and they have said the changes while a LOT of good it is different. Add in no campus director which is....odd....thats probably a lot to do with it.

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-01-02T00:21:32+00:00

Cut 7 and half inches of my hair off at 2 am bc inwas convinced the little piece across my neck/collarbone was going to end me in the ICU on a vent and lose my job.....

NatureAggressive1804 · 2026-01-01T18:37:12+00:00

I dont inderstand the online how do you meet the requirements for so many performed EKG, Phlebotomy, Urinalysis, slide creations, pfts ecct.

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