Good news - one of our students has already gotten hired by the lab to be part of our phlebotomy team; she starts on Monday. She'll still have to go through her clinical studies and all that, but she's already got a job! Yay!!!
This group, for some reason, is having more trouble with draws than the students did last semester. Some of them seem more "needy" too, and seem to require more individual attention from Jan and I. It's been really interesting to me to see the variables each class brings to life as they go through the material and interact with each other.
We have a couple of people who we already know won't pass the background check and won't be able to go through their clinical rotations. And, like last semester, it amazes me that these people will sit with you, explain what the problems were that will make passing the background check next to impossible, and yet, still be surprised when the report actually comes back stating they didn't pass.
Some of the students don't think it's a big deal and don't understand why places will be hesitant to hire them. They don't understand that there's too much risk for employers to take a chance on someone who abused drugs, or was arrested for domestic abuse.
Some smaller clinics and hospitals don't have such stringent guidelines. I'm on the fence in my feelings about this, for I know how hard many of these people have worked to pass this class. And, I think it's a shame in some cases that some folks are paying for the sins of youthful stupidity, or have had blame wrongly placed.
It's sometimes heartbreaking to listen to the stories and know there's nothing we can do to ease the way for them.
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I'm on the fence, too, Kate. I've seen people change, so I always feel there is hope.
Congrats to your new student Kate :)
People do change, all the time, and it doesn't seem fair to judge someone by their past transgressions, especially if they're sincerely working on bettering themselves.
Yeah, I agree, especially when someone gets reported, for example, to CPS because someone wanted to get vindictive; then even when it was unfounded, that remains on some obscure report somewhere and the person can't work with kids. Or a 18 year old dates a 15 year old who looks 22 and lies about her age and he's branded as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Over-the-top Big Brother, methinks.
I think that the background checks are necessary, but that someone who wants to improve themselves shouldn't be shut out. I don't know a good way to tell who's sincere and worth giving another shot and who isn't, though, and that's the problem.
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