Quiz 4 Phlebotomy

Front 1

Which of the following is true about microcapillary collection?

Back 1

The first drop of blood should be wiped away

Front 2

Which of the following neonatal tests is required by law?

Back 2

Neonatal screening

Front 3

The safe area for heel puncture in an infant is?

Back 3

The most medial and lateral portion of the plantar surface

Front 4

The depth of cut made by a lancet for a heel stick should be no more than

Back 4

2 mm

Front 5

What can happen if you squeeze the patients finger to vigorously during a capillary puncture?

Back 5

Hemolysis can occur

Front 6

Why must the first drop of blood from a capillary puncture be wiped away?

Back 6

To remove tissue fluid

Front 7

You are to collect by fingerstick a green top, a lavender top, and a red top microcollection container what microcontainer do you collect first?

Back 7

Lavender top

Front 8

When doing a venipuncture on a child, whom should you talk to you and explain the procedure to?

Back 8

The child and parent

Front 9

In a skin puncture procedure, hemolysis can occur from:

Back 9

Squeezing the heel or finger too hard

Front 10

Warming the skin puncture site:

Back 10

Increases the blood flow through the arterioles and capillaries sevenfold

Front 11

Skin puncture blood is more likely to be contaminated by

Back 11

Hemolysis

Front 12

If the blood is drawn too quickly from a small vein, the vein has a tendency to:

Back 12

Collapse

Front 13

A CBC is collected by fingerstick from a patient. The results of the CBC show a lower WBC and platelet count than blood collected the previous day. What caused this change?

Back 13

The blood was collected to slowly and partially clogged in the collection container

Front 14

Children understand illness in different ways. What age group would have the greatest stress because of separation from caregivers and a change in the home routine?

Back 14

The first two years

Front 15

Children understand illness in different ways. What age group might think that an illness is a punishment for being "bad"?

Back 15

Ages 2-6

Front 16

At what age does a child start understand the mechanics of health and how procedures help lead to a cure?

Back 16

Ages 6-9

Front 17

Children understand illness and different ways. At what age would a child start to understand illness and explain why he or she does not feel well?

Back 17

Ages 10 and above

Front 18

The idea of moving the child's attention from the procedure to something else is called

Back 18

Distraction

Front 19

What is the best way to restrain a child?

Back 19

Parent or caregiver holds the child

Front 20

What is the best technique for a safe and successful venipuncture?

Back 20

Patience and understanding

Front 21

Dorsal vein blood collection is a vein in the patient's?

Back 21

Hand

Front 22

Fantasies and misconceptions about equipment that is used

Back 22

Preschoolers

Front 23

Very vulnerable to separation

Back 23

Infants and toddlers

Front 24

Unfamiliar people, places, and sounds

Back 24

Infants and toddlers

Front 25

Egocentric, unable to view others thoughts and feelings

Back 25

Preschoolers

Front 26

Able to locate pain in terms of body parts

Back 26

School age

Front 27

Rely on the caregiver to notice pain by seeing the signs

Back 27

Infants

Front 28

Experience pain but cannot always locate the source or location

Back 28

Toddlers and preschoolers