NHCO PHLEBOTOMY PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What was the concept behind bloodletting?
A. To continue the ancient art behind it
B. For transfusion, donations, and research
C. To rid the body of excess fluids
D. To discontinue the use of leeches - Answer-C. To rid the body of excess fluids
What is the primary role and responsibility of a Phlebotomist?
A. Take the patient's vital signs and bring them to a room
B. Interview and screen donors at a blood bank
C. Draw specimens from healthy patients only
D. Obtain blood specimens by venipuncture or capillary techniques - Answer-D. Obtain
blood specimens by venipuncture or capillary techniques
What does HIPAA stand for?
A. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
B. Healthcare Individual Protection and Appointment Access
C. Healthcare In-Patient and Access Approval
D. Honesty, Integrity, Patience, Accountability Act - Answer-A. Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act
When you participate as both the sender and the receiver you create an effective
_______.
A. Communication Loop
B. Listening circle
C. Nonverbal Exchange
D. Verbal Hierrchy - Answer-A. Communication Loop
Who oversees and ensures quality in healthcare?
A. CLSI
B. TJC
C. POCT
D. CLIA - Answer-B. TJC
Ethical behavior entails conforming to a standard of right and wrong to avoid ________.
A. Patients Bill of Rights
, B. Harming the patient
C. Civil Court
D. Criminal Court - Answer-B. Harming the patient
Of the types of OSHA Compliance inspections, which one is conducted on randomly
chosen workplaces determined to be engaged in particularly hazardous work types?
A. Fatality or Accidents Inspection
B. Imminent Danger Inspection
C. Complaint Inspection
D. Programmed Inspection - Answer-D. Programmed Inspection
True or False?
The lower the gauge, the smaller/thinner the needle is; the larger the gauge, the
bigger/thicker the needle is. - Answer-False
True or False?
Duplicate tests should be drawn individually because results might be going to different
doctors. - Answer-False
True or False?
Verbal verification of ID from the patient is good enough to proceed with the
venipuncture. - Answer-False
Hemostasis is the process by which.
A. Blood takes longer than normal to clot
B. Blood vessels repair in 3 stages
C. Blood vessels repair after injury
D. Blood clots faster than normal - Answer-C. Blood vessels repair after injury
You have been assigned to work the ER for your 12 hr shift. On your to-do list are your
routine draws and a couple of timed draws. Suddenly, a patient is brought into the Er by
an ambulance. This patient is unconscious, but the ER doctor orders PT, CMP, STAT
electrolytes, CBC, to be drawn STAT!
1. Can you proceed with this STAT order?
2. What kind of consent would this situation fall under?
3. How would you properly identify this patient?
4. When would you fit this STAT draw into the schedule of draws you already have to
do? - Answer-Yes proceed with the order, implied consent (unconscious) , Jane or John
Doe, do this first.
An elderly patient walks into the clinic where you are working to have her blood drawn.
You take her back to the lab area to fulfill her doctor's order. She shares with you the
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