NPS Exam with Accurate Solutions
______ means "nothing through the mouth" and is the withholding of fluids and food by
mouth - NPO
_______ means "high blood sugar" - hyperglycemia
_______ means "low blood sugar" - hypoglycemia
A _____ is a shunt that is surgically connected to a vein and an artery. - Fistula
A blood culture draws blood into ______ bottles. - both anaerobic and aerobic
A glucose tolerance test can be used to diagnose adrenal insufficiency. - True
A GTT is - Glucose Tolerance Test
A hormone made in the pancreas that helps the body use sugar as a source of energy. -
Insulin
A patient may bend their elbow after a venipuncture is performed. - False
A patient should be fasting _____ hours before a GTT. - 8-10
A puncture site should always stop bleeding within ________. - 5 minutes
A Simplate Bleeding Time Test tests what? - How long it takes for a patient to stop
bleeding
A skin puncture primarily collects _________. - capillary blood
A specimen draw can be conducted on a central venous line if ________. - You have no
other option and you are specially trained to do so
A stress response that can trigger the constriction of arteries, slowing blood flow
through the body - Sympathetic Blood Flow Distress
A tourniquet is used for all of the following specimen collection procedures except: -
A.Butterfly with evacuated tube
B.ABGs ***
C.Syringe draw
D.Blood culture
, A vector is: - The methods by which a pathogen escapes the host and spreads disease.
A virus transmitted through saliva, usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus -
Mononucleosis
After I read my employer's Exposure Control Plan on the date of hire, I don't have to
read it when it is revised. - False
After performing the venipuncture, needles should be: - Placed in the nearest sharps
container.
are used to treat a number of ailments by decreasing inflammation in the body. -
corticosteroids
As a phlebotomist, you know that with repeated exposure to latex, latex sensitivity can
become an issue. Which of the following might you or your patients experience as a
reaction to latex? - A.Contact Dermatitis
B.Anaphylactic shock
C.All of the above ***
D.Allergic contact dermatitis
Assuming that every patient you come across has an infectious disease is known as
__________ - Universal Precaution
Because the lavender EDTA tube binds calcium, if it's drawn before an SST tube, the
calcium values could test lower than accurate. - True
Blood cultures are used to detect this in the blood: - Both septicemia & bacteremia
CBC stands for: - Complete Blood Count
Checking analytes and chemical compounds, the ________ Department tends to be the
biggest department in a hospital laboratory. - Chemistry
CLSI - Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute
Common tests conducted in a Coagulation Department would be ________ - All of the
above (PT, Fibrinogen, and PTT)
Corticosteroids could constitute a variance if taken prior to a GTT. - True
Due to the lack of ___________, oncology patients are immunosuppressed. - White
blood cells
EDTA binds calcium in the blood. - True
______ means "nothing through the mouth" and is the withholding of fluids and food by
mouth - NPO
_______ means "high blood sugar" - hyperglycemia
_______ means "low blood sugar" - hypoglycemia
A _____ is a shunt that is surgically connected to a vein and an artery. - Fistula
A blood culture draws blood into ______ bottles. - both anaerobic and aerobic
A glucose tolerance test can be used to diagnose adrenal insufficiency. - True
A GTT is - Glucose Tolerance Test
A hormone made in the pancreas that helps the body use sugar as a source of energy. -
Insulin
A patient may bend their elbow after a venipuncture is performed. - False
A patient should be fasting _____ hours before a GTT. - 8-10
A puncture site should always stop bleeding within ________. - 5 minutes
A Simplate Bleeding Time Test tests what? - How long it takes for a patient to stop
bleeding
A skin puncture primarily collects _________. - capillary blood
A specimen draw can be conducted on a central venous line if ________. - You have no
other option and you are specially trained to do so
A stress response that can trigger the constriction of arteries, slowing blood flow
through the body - Sympathetic Blood Flow Distress
A tourniquet is used for all of the following specimen collection procedures except: -
A.Butterfly with evacuated tube
B.ABGs ***
C.Syringe draw
D.Blood culture
, A vector is: - The methods by which a pathogen escapes the host and spreads disease.
A virus transmitted through saliva, usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus -
Mononucleosis
After I read my employer's Exposure Control Plan on the date of hire, I don't have to
read it when it is revised. - False
After performing the venipuncture, needles should be: - Placed in the nearest sharps
container.
are used to treat a number of ailments by decreasing inflammation in the body. -
corticosteroids
As a phlebotomist, you know that with repeated exposure to latex, latex sensitivity can
become an issue. Which of the following might you or your patients experience as a
reaction to latex? - A.Contact Dermatitis
B.Anaphylactic shock
C.All of the above ***
D.Allergic contact dermatitis
Assuming that every patient you come across has an infectious disease is known as
__________ - Universal Precaution
Because the lavender EDTA tube binds calcium, if it's drawn before an SST tube, the
calcium values could test lower than accurate. - True
Blood cultures are used to detect this in the blood: - Both septicemia & bacteremia
CBC stands for: - Complete Blood Count
Checking analytes and chemical compounds, the ________ Department tends to be the
biggest department in a hospital laboratory. - Chemistry
CLSI - Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute
Common tests conducted in a Coagulation Department would be ________ - All of the
above (PT, Fibrinogen, and PTT)
Corticosteroids could constitute a variance if taken prior to a GTT. - True
Due to the lack of ___________, oncology patients are immunosuppressed. - White
blood cells
EDTA binds calcium in the blood. - True
