Ever had anyone try to tell you how to do your job?

I'm a phlebotomist and have had people doing that all 10 years of my career! Yes I understand some people have hard to find veins, and yes when I was 22 and just starting and looked new that's fine but now I just say "ok" and do what I need to do. I think no matter what the job is you run into that. It cracks me up though in my job when they'll start looking at their own arms or feeling veins like they know what to feel for. I don't do that to the person when I get my blood drawn!

Unfortunately you will run into patients who do know that one arm might have rolling/collapsing veins vs the other arm which is better... Ive done phlebotomy work and Ive always asked the patient if they had a preference to which arm they would like it done to...

When Im the patient, they have to take it from the right arm if they want the full draw to happen without having any problems. Its more courtesy to ask in my opinion.

Today, I was calling places for my internship, and had a lady ask what program I was in and then said "Oh." and proceeded to tell me how they don't really take medical assistants because "all they do is..." and then continued telling me what I already know I would do O.o It's fine if you don't take MAs as interns because "all they do" isn't enough for you, but I think the past year and 4 months I've been in school, I know what the job entails. -sigh- There was a few other sites that looked promising, though, so at least that's good!

Ever had anyone try to tell you how to do your job?

The most important trait in any job is being able to handle critique externally and internally. Meaning that externally you must communicate that you accept the critique. If it is something that you should strongly work on then my advice is to work on that. There are critiques that can be mere perception and depending on the importance of that person then you must reflect internally and keep it internally if you disagree. If you didn't like the critique then you can always ask for supporting facts and then counter it but if there is no merit and if it pissed you off then keep that to yourself.

I'm a phlebotomist and have had people doing that all 10 years of my career! Yes I understand some people have hard to find veins, and yes when I was 22 and just starting and looked new that's fine but now I just say "ok" and do what I need to do. I think no matter what the job is you run into that. It cracks me up though in my job when they'll start looking at their own arms or feeling veins like they know what to feel for. I don't do that to the person when I get my blood drawn!

Unfortunately you will run into patients who do know that one arm might have rolling/collapsing veins vs the other arm which is better... Ive done phlebotomy work and Ive always asked the patient if they had a preference to which arm they would like it done to...

When Im the patient, they have to take it from the right arm if they want the full draw to happen without having any problems. Its more courtesy to ask in my opinion.

I'll ask, I can't stand it when they just start bossing me from the start. Give me a chance to say hi, how are you, which arm would you like