Author Question: The nurse will properly avoid performing venipuncture on all of the following sites except 1. The ... (Read 70 times)

jilianpiloj · **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.