NHA PHLEBOTOMY PATIENT
PREPARATION COMPREHENSIVE
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Items required to be on a laboratory requisition. Answer: Specific
tests to be done, provider's information, pt's name, DOB, gender,
specific identifying numbers
●● Basal state. Answer: When the patient has fasted and not exercised in
8-12 hours
●● Two. Answer: Number of identifiers required by Joint Commission
●● informed consent. Answer: an ethical principle that patients be told
enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate
●● expressed consent. Answer: A type of consent in which a patient
gives verbal or nonverbal authorization for provision of care
●● Implied consent. Answer: Patient's actions that indicate that they are
giving consent for procedure; ex. extending their arm
, ●● Consent for minors. Answer: parental or guardian consent is required
●● Fasting. Answer: going without food for a period of time, usually 8-
12 hours
●● timed draws for medications. Answer: know what time the meds
were given to ensure proper draw time
●● medication peak. Answer: time at which a medication reaches its
highest effective concentration
●● medication trough. Answer: minimum blood serum concentration of
medication reached just before the next scheduled dose
●● Thrombosed veins. Answer: -Lack resilience
-Feel cord-like
-Roll easily
●● Tortuous veins. Answer: winding or crooked veins
●● excessive bleeding or bruising. Answer: A little bleeding after
venipuncture is common. Always apply pressure to the venipuncture site
or have the patient do so until there is no evidence of additional
bleeding. A little bruising is also normal. A bruise the expands to
PREPARATION COMPREHENSIVE
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Items required to be on a laboratory requisition. Answer: Specific
tests to be done, provider's information, pt's name, DOB, gender,
specific identifying numbers
●● Basal state. Answer: When the patient has fasted and not exercised in
8-12 hours
●● Two. Answer: Number of identifiers required by Joint Commission
●● informed consent. Answer: an ethical principle that patients be told
enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate
●● expressed consent. Answer: A type of consent in which a patient
gives verbal or nonverbal authorization for provision of care
●● Implied consent. Answer: Patient's actions that indicate that they are
giving consent for procedure; ex. extending their arm
, ●● Consent for minors. Answer: parental or guardian consent is required
●● Fasting. Answer: going without food for a period of time, usually 8-
12 hours
●● timed draws for medications. Answer: know what time the meds
were given to ensure proper draw time
●● medication peak. Answer: time at which a medication reaches its
highest effective concentration
●● medication trough. Answer: minimum blood serum concentration of
medication reached just before the next scheduled dose
●● Thrombosed veins. Answer: -Lack resilience
-Feel cord-like
-Roll easily
●● Tortuous veins. Answer: winding or crooked veins
●● excessive bleeding or bruising. Answer: A little bleeding after
venipuncture is common. Always apply pressure to the venipuncture site
or have the patient do so until there is no evidence of additional
bleeding. A little bruising is also normal. A bruise the expands to
