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  1. Male nursing students can do assessments on the women?

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    ( sorry the heading ment to say CANT do not CAN do) Hello, this is my first post so ill introduce myself. Im a 25/m ER/Trauma phlebotomist and I will be entering nursing school this fall ( after a 2...

  2. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just for fun lets just pretend the starting wage for an RN (regardless of education just RN) started at $11.00 hr. Would you still be a nurse? Also, what would be an acceptable starting pay for you to...

  3. funny things Phleb's hear when with a p.t

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here are some things I hear daily as a Phlebotomist as i enter a p.t.'s room or just around the hospital in general. Some are pretty humorous. 1) Cant you just pull blood from the I.V.? ( after its...

  4. Will I need a female RN with me every time????

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello future male RN here, and I just wanted to know if I am assigned a female p.t. will I need a female RN with me every time I do a cath or wipe their a**?? With all the crazy suit happy idiots out...

  5. living in Glendale vs Scottsdale

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to carrie123's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Snottsdale........been there done that....never

  6. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    I use to bang my phlebotomy tray right against their heads on the desk to wake them up......I made sure everyone knew they were sleeping on the job

  7. Bloodborne pathogens

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to mobilefox's topic in General Nursing

    Dont stick your self........ Sincerely: The person who sticks

  8. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    To put this into perspective I have a friend who answers inbound calls at discover card who makes $16 an hour with only a H.S. education.....he makes almost as much as Cops do saving people...

  9. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Holy feak out

  10. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    All I know is that im broke a$$ at $11.00 hr going through nursing school. No wonder lab has such high turnover...too much risk not enough

  11. Will I need a female RN with me every time????

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

  12. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    I started out as a Phlebotomist, and I promise you I will be far and away more knowledgeable when nursing school starts then those who have ZERO experience working in a hospital setting. Never think...

  13. Why nursing is going downhill fast...

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to markdanurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Let them take away all the ADN's and lets see the shortage triple. Heads will be rolling and I for one will be doing this when that happens. The ignorance of the elitist is

  14. Will I need a female RN with me every time????

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    yep just a few days ago to one to the trauma

  15. Will I need a female RN with me every time????

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    So whats to stop them from accusing me of things if there is no witness? Its the accusation that destroys you not the act. I never herd of a male p.t. accusing a female RN of

  16. mp3 player on breaks

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    people suck......the

  17. What the W.H.O thinks of the American health care system

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    "The United States spends more per person on health care than any other country, yet in overall quality its care ranks 37th in the world," says a World Health Organization analysis. It concluded that...

  18. My job has no meaning

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a Phlebotomist for many years and will be done with nursing school this fall, but I am getting to the end of my rope with what I do for a few reasons. I have worked many different types of...

  19. My job has no meaning

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    we had a case once when i worked back east of a Phleb committing suicide because one of the nurses was harassing her so much and putting her down every day. Needless to say that nurse left the next...

  20. My job has no meaning

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    this is an american hospital im talking about...never seen anything like it. So many big heads around it may float the hospital away.Cant wait to

  21. My job has no meaning

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly...........I hate to say it, but basically our facility treats the nurses as gods and if you ever disagree with them you will be fired by the head director of the facility but never the other...

  22. funny things Phleb's hear when with a p.t

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Only when they work..........:) Other wise its "lab to draw" or as we call them "This P.I.C.C

  23. Micro -- through Rio or in a classroom setting?

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to AZmom's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I would advise taking the mirco class in "person." I took both my A&P1 and II online at rio and it was hell ( basically read my textbook front to back). I took my micro class at SCC back in 2004...

  24. think before you speak ........

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick story....someone I know who is an RN (BSN), but volunteers with the food services department at our hospital just because she wants to. A really unique individual as I know no other RN’s that...

  25. Removing needle from syringe

    PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN replied to GM1987's topic in General Nursing

    Scary......As a Phleb I have known a few people who have stuck themselves with HIV+ p.t.'s (one p.t.was at end term) and she turned out+ The odds, however, are very very small. Its very dangerous...