Do you like working with people? Are you ok with being around blood samples or specimens?
Then becoming a phlebotomist might be the right career for you!
What Would I Do?
You take vital signs and interview patients before taking blood samples.
Photo by Antonika Chanel on UnsplashYou draw and test blood samples to screen donors at blood banks.
Photo by Nguyễn Hiệp on UnsplashHow Do I Become A Phlebotomist?
Get a high school diploma.
Photo by Honey Yanibel Minaya Cruz on UnsplashAttend a local technical or community college to get certification by a nationally recognized body like the National Healthcareer Association (NHA).
Where Would I Work?
Photo by Ibrahim Boran on UnsplashYou'd work in a clinical laboratory, a hospital, or a donor clinic taking blood samples.
Photo by Francisco Venâncio on UnsplashOr maybe a doctor's office or nursing home working with patients daily.
Median Canada Salary $37,440
Median US Salary $34,149
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