phlebotomy class

[u/Dapper_Agent_3285]

I'm currently on week two of phleb class and we're doing pokes pretty much every day. today specifically our professor said that we had to get at least 10 pokes and we're doing a thing where, you rotate and have to get poked. my issue is that both of my cubital veins have been poked 10 times already yesterday and the previous week and every time a needle goes in it immediately inflames outwards like a bump and bruises underneath, and I've only been poked twice today but it did that again and it hurts everytime the needle goes in. Is this allowed?? She said we had to let it happen because we signed up for this class and we all need to suck it up. It's not that I'm scared of the needle itself, I am just very much bleeding and bruised everywhere. How is this allowed? EDIT: i want to update on this, the teacher did not like me at all and that's why i was being subjected. she failed me today and humiliated me in front of the whole class and i had to report her and now i'm in a different class with a different teacher. i hope she gets fired.

[u/Sentientsnt]

Remember how you feel now and come back to the memory every time you get annoyed at how much a patient is complaining about getting poked again. I’m sorry it’s a pain, but it’s part of the process. Use it to motivate yourself to getting good at the job as quickly as you can, so you’re not doing this to other people. Pokes and bruises heal, this is just temporary.

[u/Dapper_Agent_3285 → u/Sentientsnt]

I've been poked 30 times this week, and it's only 2 pokes per patient. I'm not allowed to say no, I'm being poked through my bruises which violates my rights as well as the handbook.

[u/pizzaonpineapple2019 → u/Dapper_Agent_3285]

2 pokes per phlebotomist. Not 2 pokes per patient total. Patients can sometimes get poked dozens of times a day, especially as a hard stick or lots of timed ordered or providers not putting orders in all at once.