Check supplies, restock trays, and confirm the patient draw list for the shift.
Verify IDs, find veins, and pull morning fasting blood samples back-to-back.
Patient's veins are rolling — switch sites, stay calm, get the draw.
Talk a needle-phobic patient through the procedure before touching them.
Label every vial, check for clots or hemolysis, and send specimens to the lab.
Urgent order comes in — draw fast, then decide whether to alert the nurse directly.
Disinfect workstation, dispose of sharps, and restock for the afternoon queue.
Work through inpatient rooms — each draw is a new patient, new vein, new challenge.
Log completed draws, flag any pending samples, and brief the incoming phlebotomist.
- Insert a needle into a vein and draw blood from patients.
- Calm nervous patients who are scared of needles or blood.
- Verify each patient's identity before touching them with a needle.
- Label every vial correctly so test results go to the right person.
- Track down a usable vein on patients with difficult or small veins.
- Should I try this vein one more time, or stop and find a better site?
- Is this patient too anxious to draw from right now, or can I talk them through it?
- Does this sample look compromised, or is it okay to send to the lab?
- Should I flag this result to a nurse immediately, or follow the normal process?
- Is this patient about to faint, or just nervous?
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