Phlebotomy Plus

WOW! I am appauled at the bad reviews that I read regarding this school. I was a student in this class and had a wonderful experience. It had been some time since I attended a class on a regular basis and soon as I got settled in, it was over. Because the course is short, it was definately tough. That was explained before you enroll. But when you are going into a program to futher your education pass high school level you cant be expected to be treated like a child. In doing venipunctures, you are putting a foriegn object into someones body that could potentially cause great harm. The staff made sure that you perform these procedures with a great amount of skill to reduce the risk of hurting someone in class or going into the field and causing harm to a patient. This school is a good place to get certified. I asked a lady that now work for the county where she went to school and she said Phlebotomy Plus. She told me that when they saw that she attended this school, they hired her because they know the reputation of a good qaulity education coming from the program. My own personal experience was great! I was taught the materials needed to perform routine procedures and to pass my state exam. I've been placed with a facility for my externship and I am ready to start my career in the Medical Field.\r \r I didn't go to school to make friends with the teachers or my fellow students for that matter however, the group that attended in my class was a team and we became good friends. We all worked hard to get through the program. Our instructors were great. I never had a problem with them answering questions for me (and I had lots of them). They where very attentive to my needs as well as others to insure that we got a quailty education to be sucessful in Phlebotomy. I am very happy with the choice I made to invest in myself through this program. \r \r Pros: Instructors where skilled and had knowledge of what they were teaching Cons: Short Class more

On the contrary, Phlebotomy Plus of Walnut Creek Is a wonderful place to go to be educated if you can hack it! You do have to learn how to take critisism but this field is not for people that are emotionally sensitive. Hospitals don't care if you get your feelings hurt! They care about the well being of their patients and if you are not doing your job right, yeah, they are going to say something! Yes, the program is tough... they are teaching a semester of information in 4 weeks, but if you buckle down and focus it WILL be very rewarding! I myself never had very good grades in high school but i can assure you that if you are ready and willing to focus and get your work done you will do just fine in this program. Not one person from my class left their draw log undone. All but two were placed in an externship on the last day of class! I, after completing the phlebotomy course, have complete confidence in myself to get my job done and to get it done well! And as for the staff there... they are AMAZING! My teacher was the best! You can ask as many questions as many times as you wish and they will ALWAYS give you the answer! I left the class wishing that it would have never ended. Myself, the staff and the other students became a close knit family and we all keep in contact! Everyone is doing well and almost everyone has started their externship! I would recomend this course to anyone who would like to start a career in the medical field! more

I have been looking for a way to leave a comment on their business for months now. I can do nothing but agree with everything that has been said about Phlebotomy Plus they are horrible they treat you like you are trash off of the streets, they have no compassion what so ever. They talk to you as if you are stupid and their favorite line is they are only going to tell you something once the nerve of them to act like that after you have paid them very good money in order for them to teach you a trade, but remind you this is an 6-month program condensed into 30-days. Heaven forbid you pull their coat tail and let them know how you feel you will never get placed in an externship and they will act as if you came in on some sort of charity case and did not spend your hard earned money. I could have paid $20.00 to some kind of street walker oppose to almost $2500.00 to get treated like I too was sub-human. DO NOT SPEND YOUR TIME OR MONEY WITH PEOPLE WHOM WILL TRY TO TEAR ALL OF YOUR SELF DIGNITY FROM YOU! THEY ARE ALL EVIL........AND FAR BEYOND RUDE...The biggest problem is that no one ever call them on it, because you bite your tongue while you are there in order to get it over and done with and once you are placed you just go on with life so they actually get to get away with years of mistreating people. And to imagine we pay good money for this sort of abuse. I HAD TO BE STUPID, BUT IF I HAD READ A BLOG FIRST WOULD I HAVE KNOWN.....BEWARE, ATTEND AT YOUR OWN RISK U WILL DEFINITLY REGRET IT. Pros: 30-DAYS Cons: Terrible Customer Service, no respect for no one. more

This is a sad and pathetic group of people who run Phlebotomy Plus of Walnut Creek. You yell and berate your students. They are only there to better themselves and they have managed to scrap together the $2,500.00 to do this. In turn, you verbally abuse your students.\r Obviously you have no heart, no compassion, and no respect for your fellow human beings.\r You have a great reputation with the health clinic, maybe you should ask them for assistance in you mental health clinic or heart transplant.\r I only hope that someone treats you as you treat others. \r I for one will do my best to steer future students away from your establishment. more

I have been a full time student for the past three years and never have below a 3.8 gpa. All Phlebotomy Plus cares about is taking your money. Not teaching you or preparing you for their exams or the National Exam. They want to ensure that you fail. Then they charge you to come back for extra time. The instructors are rude and don't care about your education or your educational goals. I would never reccomend this program to a friend or relative. more