hello all, in my most recent job, we draw our own bloods. there is no phlebotomy department. no big deal but since i never had to do that before and have had no formal teaching other than hands on, as it were, when the blood draw is at a time when an iv start is not involved, i have resorted to using angiocaths just because it mimics the iv start technique i am used to. i know that drawing blood as a phlebotomist would involves a totally different, stabbing technique, and i am eager to try it, although i really don't want to practice on a poor unassuming pt. there are a few nurses who were phlebotomists before they were nurses and they seem to have the opposite problem, that is, having initial difficulty starting ivs because they are used to the blood drawing technique..i am an embryo blood drawer. anyone with any suggestions or anectdotes from their own experiences???
