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"Mastectomy" is the medical term for breast _______________.
a. biposy (Bx)
b. reduction
c. removal
d. surgery Correct Answers c. removal
A "CODE" is a way to
a. convey important information without alarming patients
b. transmit messages over the facility's overhead/paging system
c. use numbers or words to represent important information
d. all of the above Correct Answers d. all of the above
A capillary puncture that parallel the whorls (spiral patterns of
fingerprints) will:
a. allow blood to run down the finger
b. cause blood to form in round drops
c. continue to bleed for a lot longer
d. make specimen collections easier for you Correct Answers
b. cause blood to form in round drops
A diabetic outpatient has had a mastectomy on her right breast
and cannot straighten her left arm out completely because of
arthritis. The best place to collect a blood specimen is
a. an ankle or foot vein on either of her legs
b. the left forearm or hand, using a butterfly
c. the right arm below the antecubital fossa
,d. the right hand, using a capillary puncture Correct Answers b.
the left forearm or hand, using a butterfly
A laboratory report form should state that a specimen has been
collected by capillary puncture:
a. for equipment inventory control purposes
b. because the results can vary by specimen source
c. so other tests will be capillary collections only
d. to satisfy liability insurance requirements Correct Answers
b. because the results can vary by specimen source
A lipemic specimen is a clue that the patient was probably:
a. supine
b. dehydrated
c. jaundice
d. not fasting Correct Answers d. not fasting
A patient complains of marked pain when you insert the needle.
The pain radiates from his arm and does not subside. What
should you do?
a. tell him to "hold on or I will have to poke you again"
b. collect the specimen anyways since you're in the vein
c. discontinue the venipuncture immediately
d. it doesn't matter Correct Answers c. discontinue the
venipuncture immediately
A patient with a high degree of jaundice typically has:
a. bruising and petechiae
b. edematous extremities
c. hemolyzed specimens
, d. yellow skin and sclera Correct Answers d. yellow skin and
sclera
A patients arm is swollen. The term used to medically describe
this condition is:
a. cyanotic
b. edematous
c. sclerosed
d. thrombosed Correct Answers b. edematous
A phlebotomist must collect a hemoglobin specimen from a
patient in the ICU. There is an IV in the patient's left wrist.
There is no suitable antecubital vein or hand vein in the right
arm. What should the phlebotomist do?
a. ask another phlebotomist to collect it
b. tell the nurse she will have to collect it somehow
c. draw it from a wrist vein, above the IV
d. perform a capillary puncture on the right hand Correct
Answers d. perform a capillary puncture on the right hand
A phlebotomist needs to collect a plasma specimen for a
coagulation test. The patient has an IV in the left arm near the
wrist and a hematoma in the antecubital area of the right arm.
Which of the following is the best place to collect the specimen?
a. above the IV
b. from the IV after shutting off for 2 minutes
c. distal to the hematoma
d. All of the above are acceptable collection sites Correct
Answers c. distal to the hematoma
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