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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PHLEBOTOMY CHAPTER
8 EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: A type of care for patients who are terminally ill is
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Hospice Care
Question 2: To "seat" the needle in the vein means to
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Thread part of the needle within the lumen
Question 3: When a test is ordered ASAP, it means that
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Results are needed soon for an appropriate response
Question 4: Examples of timed tests include
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Blood cultures, cardiac enzymes, and cortisol
Question 5: Which of the following acts can lead to liability issues?
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Lowering a bed rail to make access to the patient's arm easier
Question 6: What may happen if you mix tubes to vigorously?
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Hemolysis
Question 7: Outpatients who have previously fainted during blood draw should be
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Asked to lie down, or sit in a reclining drawing chair.Question 8: You arrive to collect a specimen on a patient named John Doe in 302B. How do you verify that the patient in 302B is indeed John Doe?
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Ask him for his name and date of birth and match it to the requisitions.
Question 9: When performing venipuncture, hand decontamination is required
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Before & after each patient
Question 10: Preop means
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Before surgery
Question 11: An additive should be mixed
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As soon as it's removed from the tube holder Question 12: You arrive to draw a specimen on an inpatient. The patient's door is closed. What do you do?
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Knock lightly, open the door slowly, and ask whether it's all right to enter.
Question 13: Although the evacuated tube system (ETS) is the preferred method of blood collection, it may be necessary to use a syringe when
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The patient's veins are VERY fragile.Question 14: Failure of the patient to follow required diet restrictions before specimen collection could lead to
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All of the above: Compromised patient care and treatment, erroneous and meaningless test results, misinterpreted test results by the physician Question 15: In transferring blood from a syringe to evacuated tubes, which is the proper technique?
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syringe transfer device.Question 16: Which of the following would be considered improper specimen collection technique?
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Position the arm so tubes fill from stopper end first.
Question 17: Needle phobia is defined a/an
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Intense fear of needles and being stuck
Question 18: Applying pressure on the gauze as the needle is removed can cause
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Pain, bruising, the skin to be split
Question 19: Which a common postop test?
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H&H (Hemoglobin & Hematocrit)
Question 20: Labeling of routine inpatient blood specimens should take place
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At the bedside immediately after collection.Question 21: You must collect a specimen on a 6 year old. The child is a little fearful. What do you do?
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Explain what you are going to do to the child in simple terms.Question 22: What is the best thing to do if the vein can be felt but not seen, even with the tourniquet on?
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Look for visual clues on the skin to remind you where the vein is.Question 23: There is a sign above the patient's bed that reads, "No blood pressure or venipuncture, right arm," the patient has an IV line in the left forearm. You have a request to collect a complete blood count (CBC) on the patient. How should you proceed?
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Collect the specimen from the left hand by finger stick Question 24: Your inpatient is asleep when you arrive to draw blood. What do you do?
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Say the patient's name softly and tap them gently.Question 25: A patient has difficult veins and you decide to use a butterfly for the draw.Butterfly is another name for a
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Winged infusion set Question 26: If the patient asks whether the procedure will hurt, you should say that it
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Might hurt just a little, but only for a short time
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