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38 Cards in this Set
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services within the different hospital departments
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nursing, support, fiscal, professional
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specimen collected by a phlebotomist
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blood
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type of worm used for bloodletting
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leeches
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components of communication
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verbal, listening, nonverbal (body language)
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How do you speak with a patient who is hearing impaired?
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speak loudly and clearly, look directly at patient to facilitate lip reading.
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types of negative body language
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shuffling, no eye contact, acting distracted
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Most important characteristic to ensure job security and advancement in phlebotomy
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flexibility
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JC stands for
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joint commission
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CLSI stands for
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clinical and laboratory standards institute
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Hospital Patient - care Areas
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Goal of patient focused care
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increased efficency
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Duties of a phlebotomist
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Health - care setting that performs highly specialized laboratory testing
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reference laboratory
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Telephone Skills
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Certifying Organization
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How is professionalism shown?
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Cross - training
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acquiring additional patient care skills
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Decentralization
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performance of procedures in various locations
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Certification
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documentation assuring that an individual has met certain professional standards.
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Phlebotomy
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puncture or incision into a vein to obtain blood.
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Characteristics that describe the ethical conduct
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What does CAP stand for and what service does it provide?
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College of American Pathologists
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Who published the Patient's Bill of Rights?
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American Hospital Association (AHA)
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Who published Standard of Care?
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CLSI
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What does the Patient's Bill of Rights guarantee the patient?
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What does Risk Management Department do?
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When does HIPPA affect phlebotomist?
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with lab results
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Criminal Lawsuit
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Court action brought by the state for committing a crime against public welfare (punishment is imprisonment and/or fine)
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Civil Lawsuit
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Court action between individuales, corporations, government bodies, or there organizations (compensation is monetary)
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Tort
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Wrongful act committed by one person against another person or property
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Assault
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(a SAWLT) Attempt or threat to touch or injure another person
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Battery
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Unauthorized physical contact
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Medical Malpractice
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Medical care that does not meet a reasonable standard and results in harm
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Negligence
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Failure to perform duties according to accepted standards
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Confidentiality
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Maintaining the privacy of information
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Ethics
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Principles of personal and professional conduct
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What does Respondent Superior stand for?
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"let the master answer" establishes that employers are responsible for their own acts of negligence as well as their employees acts.
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Implied Consent
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Very common in blood collection. the phlebotomist must explain the procedure that will be used to collect a blood sample stressing that the patient's health care provider ordered the test. The patient give consent to collect the blood samples by extending the arm or rolling up the sleeve.
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