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Which of the following is true about microcapillary collection? |
The first drop of blood should be wiped away |
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Which of the following neonatal tests is required by law? |
Neonatal screening |
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The safe area for heel puncture in an infant is? |
The most medial and lateral portion of the plantar surface |
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The depth of cut made by a lancet for a heel stick should be no more than |
2 mm |
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What can happen if you squeeze the patients finger to vigorously during a capillary puncture? |
Hemolysis can occur |
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Why must the first drop of blood from a capillary puncture be wiped away? |
To remove tissue fluid |
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You are to collect by fingerstick a green top, a lavender top, and a red top microcollection container what microcontainer do you collect first? |
Lavender top |
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When doing a venipuncture on a child, whom should you talk to you and explain the procedure to? |
The child and parent |
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In a skin puncture procedure, hemolysis can occur from: |
Squeezing the heel or finger too hard |
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Warming the skin puncture site: |
Increases the blood flow through the arterioles and capillaries sevenfold |
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Skin puncture blood is more likely to be contaminated by |
Hemolysis |
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If the blood is drawn too quickly from a small vein, the vein has a tendency to: |
Collapse |
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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? |
The blood was collected to slowly and partially clogged in the collection container |
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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? |
The first two years |
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Children understand illness in different ways. What age group might think that an illness is a punishment for being "bad"? |
Ages 2-6 |
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At what age does a child start understand the mechanics of health and how procedures help lead to a cure? |
Ages 6-9 |
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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? |
Ages 10 and above |
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The idea of moving the child's attention from the procedure to something else is called |
Distraction |
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What is the best way to restrain a child? |
Parent or caregiver holds the child |
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What is the best technique for a safe and successful venipuncture? |
Patience and understanding |
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Dorsal vein blood collection is a vein in the patient's? |
Hand |
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Fantasies and misconceptions about equipment that is used |
Preschoolers |
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Very vulnerable to separation |
Infants and toddlers |
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Unfamiliar people, places, and sounds |
Infants and toddlers |
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Egocentric, unable to view others thoughts and feelings |
Preschoolers |
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Able to locate pain in terms of body parts |
School age |
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Rely on the caregiver to notice pain by seeing the signs |
Infants |
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Experience pain but cannot always locate the source or location |
Toddlers and preschoolers |