This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: The nurse will properly avoid performing venipuncture on all of the following sites except 1. The ... (Read 87 times)

jilianpiloj

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
on: Jul 22, 2018
The nurse will properly avoid performing venipuncture on all of the following sites except
 
  1. The scalp veins of an infant.
  2. Skin with incisions or sutures.
  3. Veins that feel hard or ropey.
  4. Skin with new tattoos.

Question 2

A patient who was admitted with possible septicemia has orders to draw blood cultures. The nurse has correctly drawn blood cultures when
 
  1. Blood is collected in two separate bottles, one aerobic and the other anaerobic, while the patient's temperature is spiked.
  2. Blood cultures are drawn on admission to the unit and again when febrile.
  3. Two lavender collection tubes of blood have been collected while the patient's temperature is elevated above 101F.
  4. The patient's blood cultures have been collected using either two anaerobic bottles or two aerobic culture bottles.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

brittanywood

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 355
Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: 1

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1


jilianpiloj

  • Member
  • Posts: 521
Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
:D TYSM

phuda

  • Member
  • Posts: 348
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

« previous next »
 

Did you know?

Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.

Did you know?

Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).

Did you know?

The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.

Did you know?

Children with strabismus (crossed eyes) can be treated. They are not able to outgrow this condition on their own, but with help, it can be more easily corrected at a younger age. It is important for infants to have eye examinations as early as possible in their development and then another at age 2 years.

Did you know?

The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.

Mutant sites in the PKU gene Mutant sites in the PKU gene
Performing a Capillary Puncture (Manual) Performing a Capillary Puncture (Manual)
Performing Venipuncture Using the Vacutainer Method Performing Venipuncture Using the Vacutainer Method
Sites of tubular reabsorption and secretion. Sites of tubular reabsorption and secretion.
Leading Sites of Cancer Deaths in the United States, 2013 Leading Sites of Cancer Deaths in the United States, 2013
Location of the kidneys-posterior view. Avoid heavy percussion over the kidneys Location of the kidneys-posterior view. Avoid heavy percussion over the kidneys
Video: Glomerular filtrate rate: pressures that affect GFR, NFP & GFR and blood composition

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library