NPS Exam Questions with Verified
Solutions
diluted - ANSWER-Specimen samples might be _____ in patients with edema.
puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid - ANSWER-edema
(FALSE) It would not show a falsely low reading - ANSWER-If a green Heparin
specimen tube is drawn for electrolytes, EDTA contains salts that could show a falsely
low reading.(TRUE OR FALSE Q)
- ANSWER-If you're conducting a blood culture on a healthy adult male, you will pull __
cc of blood into each bottle.
An erythrocyte test that sees how fast red blood cells settle at the bottom of the tube -
ANSWER-ESR
erythrocyte sedimentation rate - ANSWER-What does ESR stand for?
bacteria in the blood - ANSWER-Bacteremia
blood poisoning - ANSWER-Septicemia
veins feel hard & cordlike, caused by disease, inflammation, chemotherapy or repeated
venipunctures - ANSWER-Sclerosed vein
blocked veins - ANSWER-Occluded veins
(a) Occluded vein - ANSWER-The blocking of a vein by a clot. Common in those with
diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
- ANSWER-These anticoagulant tubes offer whole blood and plasma for testing...
studies antigen and antibody reactions in the serum of blood - ANSWER-The serology
department of the laboratory
4 inch diameter - ANSWER-When performing a blood culture with povidone-iodine, you
should swab the area in a _____ diameter from the site.
Anticoagulant
antibody
Solutions
diluted - ANSWER-Specimen samples might be _____ in patients with edema.
puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid - ANSWER-edema
(FALSE) It would not show a falsely low reading - ANSWER-If a green Heparin
specimen tube is drawn for electrolytes, EDTA contains salts that could show a falsely
low reading.(TRUE OR FALSE Q)
- ANSWER-If you're conducting a blood culture on a healthy adult male, you will pull __
cc of blood into each bottle.
An erythrocyte test that sees how fast red blood cells settle at the bottom of the tube -
ANSWER-ESR
erythrocyte sedimentation rate - ANSWER-What does ESR stand for?
bacteria in the blood - ANSWER-Bacteremia
blood poisoning - ANSWER-Septicemia
veins feel hard & cordlike, caused by disease, inflammation, chemotherapy or repeated
venipunctures - ANSWER-Sclerosed vein
blocked veins - ANSWER-Occluded veins
(a) Occluded vein - ANSWER-The blocking of a vein by a clot. Common in those with
diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
- ANSWER-These anticoagulant tubes offer whole blood and plasma for testing...
studies antigen and antibody reactions in the serum of blood - ANSWER-The serology
department of the laboratory
4 inch diameter - ANSWER-When performing a blood culture with povidone-iodine, you
should swab the area in a _____ diameter from the site.
Anticoagulant
antibody
