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I'm looking for some help to become better and limit uncomfortableness of any kind for my patients. I've heard criticisms of phlebotomists on here and those are the same things my co-workers do or say! I don't want to learn bad habits from them.

Are there good instructional videos or texts anyone can recommend to get more of a background and guidance from?

My company hasn't really asked me to do much in the way of phlebotomy yet. I've probably stuck 20 people or so, including five employees. I'm supposed to become proficient though, and I'm not picking up the on the job training easily. All my other co-workers had experience with phlebotomy before starting and I haven't had any.

Hello everyone.

When I first got my cat he would bite his back claws, like a person would bite their nails. I looked it up and read that some cats do it because they are nervous and that fits him pretty well, so thought nothing of it. I clip his front claws and this would make the overall process shorter, and less of a negative experience for him. He gets pretty squirmy and scared when I pick him up despite my best efforts.

I only give him dry food because that's his preference, and he often throws up (bi weekly is not out of the ordinary). It's fair to say the frequency has increased with age, though I also may be more sensitive to it now that it's a problem I cannot solve. I think it's

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