So last weekend I took a crash course in "Basic Phlebotomy Skills" and by the end of the weekend, I became certified.
What is Phlebotomy? Basically, it's drawing blood from patients in a laboratory. I have to be honest, though, I had never even heard the word "phlebotomy" until recently.
The hospital where I work sent out an email offering free classes at Austin Community College, so I took them up on their offer. I figured, why not? Working in the lab would probably be better than what I'm doing now, and it pays more too.
For a good portion of the class, we had to practice on fake arms filled with red dye. Then at the end of the class, we were practicing on each other. That was fun. I thought I'd be a little nervous sticking someone with a needle, but I had no problem when my time came around. It was easy.
So when I came back to work I emailed my supervisor, telling her that I'm ready to start "sticking" people. She then goes on to tell me that to be certified with the hospital, I have to schedule time in the lab (during my time off), and perform 20 "sticks" while under the supervision of a lab tech. Wow, I was kind of surprised. It seemed as though she was trying to put up some road blocks for me to achieve the certification that the company was providing us.
"It's so obvious what they're doing." said a coworker. "They think that all of us will quit our current jobs and get lab jobs."
Yeah, she's right. That's exactly what I would do.
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