Yes! That is great experience. Any thing that is patient facing, especially direct patient care, is great. This will give you so many talking points in interviews! Often times you can receive on the job training, but some positions require that you go through phlebotomy program/training. You'll just have to look at what your local hospital/clinic requires.
#Is phlebotomy good clinical experience?
empty hollow
fallow ice
Phlebotomist her! I started in plasma donation which is just a big business. I would highly recommend hospital phlebotomy. I have so many talking points as mentioned above and I just got some great experience and validation for my own path. And it does take a special person to keep doing a job where people hate you
eager gulch
Phlebotomist her! I started in plasma donation which is just a big business. I w...
That’s awesome, thank you for saying this. I was worried about not having talking points if I did phlebotomy. I’m still between this and cna but now I’m leaning towards phlebotomy.
fallow ice
I actually have done both. I liked CNA a lot because I got close with my nurses and I could really ask them questions about everything and in texas, you do your phlebotomy as the cna. (but that depends on your state). As a phlebotomist in a hospital in washington I would get to respond to all of the codes (stroke, stemi, trauma, blue) and potentially need to draw blood. I got close with the nurses and some physicians in this role but it was harder to do than when I was a CNA.
eager gulch
I actually have done both. I liked CNA a lot because I got close with my nurses ...
Yeah both give you very different experiences. Did you prefer one or did they both kinda have there pros and cons?
empty hollow
That’s awesome, thank you for saying this. I was worried about not having talkin...
I was a CNA! I was not able to do phlebotomy as a CNA, however, like Adlc99 mentioned, you get to ask tons of questions. Honestly, a lot of nurses and other staff will let you assist/watch/delegate SO many things, especially in long term care facilities. I personally did not enjoy being a CNA in a long term care, but I enjoyed my role in a rehab hallway (younger patients who I got to interact with more). Pros and cons to any patient facing position! And it varies from place to place... whichever you choose, I would recommend being in a hospital (you are exposed to so much more)
eager gulch
I was a CNA! I was not able to do phlebotomy as a CNA, however, like Adlc99 ment...
Yeah I hope to be in the hospital. Thank you so much for your insight
fallow ice
Yeah both give you very different experiences. Did you prefer one or did they bo...
Both have pros and cons. I did night shift cna while I was in college and a lot of the time I was able to study. with phlebotomy I am not able to study as much. Now I work as a lab technician doing sendout testing (less patient facing unfortunately but I get a lot more study time and I get to interact directly with doctors)
eager gulch
Both have pros and cons. I did night shift cna while I was in college and a lot ...
Thank you. That is definitely giving me some things to think about
oblique sail
I think it also depends on who you work with! Phlebotomy in the hospital I work does not allow for deeper patient interaction, or much interaction with the doctors. But much better pay than say doing scribe. Overall, most premeds here do scribe bc you can develop a really good relationship with the docs and learn everything about the patient cases. The phlebotomy here is mostly highschool graduates where you don't foster more intellectual conversations
keen siren
As long as you love it, thats all that matters 