Something that lowkey drives me insane is that my state does not legally require any prior experience or training to become a phlebotomist. It's fucked up. There is SO. FUCKING. MUCH. that you need to know going in. There is so much that you cannot possibly learn it all on the job without fucking up a lot of things first.
I took a standard ass training course before I even looked for phleb jobs, and then I showed up for the job and only need organization-specific training.
I should not have to teach a new phleb what blood cultures are. Nor what a UA is. Nor what fucking TB is!!!!!! Nor the rule that you get two (2) pokes and if you don't get it you need to pass it off to someone else. This is shit you should already know when you come to the job. We stick needles into people yet the state allows that you learn it all on the job. That is just so fucked up to me.
I feel like I have to teach kindergarten to an adult because they didn't learn anything prior to applying for the job, and now I have the added stress of babysitting someone to make sure they don't fuck up.
And the person i am specifically complaining about. Dude. I have taught her and showed her things SO MANY times now, and it just doesn't seem to stick in her brain, and she refuses to write anything down to help her future self. To put it harshly, she's a fucking idiot and she's my problem, because the state allowed her to start the job without any prior training, and because she personally chose to skip taking a training course like everyone else before starting the job.
This is not a problem you have with people who take a training course. They learn everything they need and are able to identify the areas where they are lacking before they start the job. Not this bitch though. Nope. Poking people 4 fucking times, not even communicating that to me, and sending the patient away without letting me try.
Oh and she's also just generally absolute shit at communicating. Twice now we have run out of supplies while I was away because she didn't communicate it in any of the many ways I have shown her.
















