A Phlebotomists Nightmare Deep within the bowels of Camden Clark Medical Center I began my workday as any other. My basket consisted of sharp fresh needles, silky gauze, alcohol swabs, and several unused tubes. My patients dreadfully awaited to be drawn as I stock my supplies. Every day I work I walk into unknown territory, not knowing what could happen at any given time. The hospital is a very hazardous and precautionary place. Generally working with admitted patients, I come in contact with the same patient several times a day and many times a week to draw a persons blood. My job has unusual experiences I will never forget. A dirty needle-stick, getting hit, and training, explains my worst day working as a Phlebotomist. Working as a Phlebotomist there are many diseases and illnesses I am exposed to every day on the job. The scariest diseases I am exposed to are Hepatitis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Every Phlebotomist is supposed to be cautious about sticking every patient that we come into contact with, but over time many Phlebotomists develop bad habits and a form of …show more content…
To maintain the continuous lab draws of the hospital, there needs to be two to three trained Phlebotomists on staff for the shift. On this day in particular, it was only myself and an untrained Phlebotomist, so I had to pick up all the slack of my new co-worker and double my speed. I was very stressed and having a horrible day altogether. I have loved being a Phlebotomist, but I have spent some of my worst and most stressful days being one as well. After this day I tried to learn to overlook some minor mistakes, because I
Glodowski 3 know they are generally not the new persons’ intentions. I am also more cautious than I used to be when it comes to drawing blood. My reaction time to occurrences is quicker than it used to be as well. Fortunately, I have gained experience and knowledge from these and many other
One of the careers mentioned in Anna Garcia’s case is a Phlebotomist. According to exploremedicalcareers.org, Phlebotomists "collect blood for donation or for testing so the blood can be analyzed in a clinical laboratory." To become a phlebotomist, high school and a Postsecondary non-degree award program in phlebotomy must be completed. The training program includes a study of anatomy, procedures for blood collection, storage and handling of blood, and safety precautions. Certification is required in some states, through the NPA and ASPT.
“Without any reason they made a cut, about 10 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide, in my arm above the palm of my hand. Today I understand that the surgery that was done on me without anesthesia was done purposely with tools that were not sterilized to cause infection. At the time they kept exchanging the bandages with different medicated creams and liquids. The bandage was not wrapped around the arm but only covered the wound. Every day they examined the cut and each time the cut was about to heal, they reopened it and started the whole thing from the beginning” (Conference).
Clinical Microsystem Throughout the daily health care facility, microsystem is continuously at play. At my time in the hospital I observed register nurses, CNAs, physical therapist, and dietician come together effectively to help assist the patients overall safety and health concerns of the patient needs. I spent the day shadowing a nurse and observed the element of the microsystem at work. During this time, I recorded my observations of the nurse throughout the day such as patient care, tasks, medications, charting, and other duties.
I am in pursuit a rewarding phlebotomist career. I'm down to earth, honest, dependable, and hard-working. I greatly enjoy working with patients. Would like to work in an environment that challenges me to grow, continuously learn, and advance not only professionally but personally. I pick up new skills and tasks pretty quickly, and I also take constructive criticism very well.
In doing this, I can ease of their fear. It is immensely important to be able to translate the potentially frightening experience of surgery into the vastly beneficial procedure it is. Therefore, I think that pursuing such a career will provide me the opportunity to help patients fight their
When you’re working in the operating room, you need to expect a day full of action. That’s just one of the many reasons why surgical techs love their jobs! From the time they clocked in till they leave the hospital, they always carry a sense of purpose in what they are doing. However just like in any other work settings, you cannot avoid circumstances wherein you bump into something you don’t really like. Check out this list about the things surgical technologists
Down the middle isle are the rodent treatments. On the top shelf there is a yellow box with mouse poison. The green box is for rats. Above them there are the snap traps. Below them are the Haveahart traps.
Throughout my family's history everyone has had some sort of medical back ground. So I figured I should fall into place with this as well. From a young age my grandfather would tell me all these elaborate stories about him serving in the army as a field medic; furthermore, he would not hold back any of the gruesome stories from Vietnam in which he encountered. So by this
My passion for healthcare lies with patient care. I enjoy taking care of patients and their family. I have chosen to become a family nurse practitioner because I can combine nursing and medicine to provide a higher level of care to my patients. As a nurse practitioner will be able to make an impact on my patient’s health through, health promotion, disease prevention, managing acute and chronic conditions and improving patient’s health (Wynne,
During one of my clinical experiences on an extremely busy unit I was watching nurses communicating with each other during a morning report. It looked like it was going to be a busy shift as they were working short. I was on that team and they asked me if I could straight catheterize a patient who has not voided for six hours as soon as possible. I was excited to help them out and to perform my first catheterization. Prior to that shift I had read over that procedure and felt ready to do it.
As an aspiring physician in Emergency Medicine, it is hard to describe typical physician workday activities. Every day is unique and filled with many opportunities to learn and develop clinical, interpersonal communication, leadership and critical thinking skills. Despite this, there are certain routine activities which I had the opportunity to observe through my shadowing experience in the Emergency and Operating rooms at California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles. One day, a two year old patient came into the ER after falling and cutting her head. The patient’s mother told the physician that her daughter is nervous and scared.
My clinical group and I, are working on the medical surgical/telemetry floor. I had to sit out of classes last quarter, so I was a little nervous about getting back into things. But, to my surprise, I was able to, get right back into it.
Semester Two Career Journal Correct Name of the Career: The correct name of the career is Phlebotomist. Education and/or Training Required: The education and/or training required to pursue this career is although no education is mandatory to be employed as a phlebotomist, most hold an associate's degree in the field or have completed phlebotomy training as part of a bachelor's degree program in a health-related field, such as nursing. Responsibilities and Daily Activities: The examples of responsibilities and daily activities of a Phlebotomist include collect blood samples from patients practice proper patient identification, especially when working on hospital floors label vials with patient names and dates figure out the best method for
Needlestick injuries are injuries due to exposed and improper use of needles or sharps. The ANA in 2010, commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, which improved protection against these injuries that expose health care workers to potentially deadly blood borne pathogens. These injuries, unfortunately, are still occurring today and far too often. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in March 2000, estimated that approximately 62-88 percent of sharps and needlestick injuries are preventable. Health care workers that handle sharp devices or equipment like scalpels, sutures, needles, phlebotomy devices or blood collection devices are all at risk but nurses are at a very high risk for being exposed to these preventable injuries which exposes them to numerous bloodborne pathogens especially deadly viruses such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDs.
Grey’s anatomy, Nurse Jackie, and Call the Midwife are all shows that feature nurses and doctors in the spotlight by directly helping patients, but what about who is helping behind the scenes? Medical laboratory professionals work behind the scenes with little to no contact with the patient, but they provide critical information for helping the patient. In the laboratory, professionals work to test specimens such as blood, urine, and several other types to assist doctors with finding out how to treat a patient. This report will be diving deep into the job description and education requirements of the three main medical laboratory professions which include: phlebotomists, medical laboratory technicians, and finally medical laboratory scientists. Phlebotomy Technician Phlebotomists have the most contact with patients out of the laboratory professions, so they end up being the face of the laboratory more times than not.