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Aug. 17, 2009 7:36 p.m. cb Reader

started my new job training as a phlebotomist.last week. starting sticking patients today. last week we got to practice on our instructors. i didnt do so hot with them only got 2 outta 6. but today got 6 outta 6 patients. really like the enviroment.. great place to work. awesome instructors. and i start my EMT class next month with the eventual goal of becoming an ER TECH.. bit of a commute but its worth it in my eyes.. and starting to peck away at the bills to. actually makin progress... so glad i did this. guess bein laid off was really a blessing in disguise.

chris
Aug. 17, 2009 7:37 p.m. cxhb Reader

congratulations. Glad things ended well for you and i hope they continue to.
Aug. 17, 2009 7:45 p.m. EastCoastMojo Dork

I remember the first time I had blood taken. The nurse came in and said, "Have you ever had blood drawn before?" I said "No, this is my first time." She didn't miss a beat and replied, "What a coincidence! This in my first time too!"
Aug. 17, 2009 7:51 p.m. Lesley SuperDork

Phlebotomist? Wow. Does that mean that you work with phlebitis patients?
Aug. 17, 2009 8:06 p.m. Woody SuperDork

My mom was a phlebotomist. Whenever my brother or I got a bad cold when we were growing up, she'd draw our blood in the morning, take it to work and test us for strep or something.

Unfortunately, she never bothered to wake us up first because "that's the way it's done in the hospital". I always seemed to wake up just after the needle went into my arm.
Aug. 18, 2009 1:49 a.m. fiat22turbo UltraDork

Bet you had some weird dreams ;)
Aug. 18, 2009 5:50 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

I donate blood at work, I'm a tick over 13 gallons. You can tell the newbies....
Aug. 18, 2009 6:36 a.m. Kramer HalfDork

What's the difference between a Phlebotomist and a Urologist?

One pricks your finger...
Aug. 18, 2009 7:07 a.m. moxnix New Reader

I wish I could still donate blood but once they got all worried about mad cow I stopped being eligible (6+ months associated with a military base in Germany during the 80's)