Overview
Designed to be used in conjunction with Phlebotomy Essentials, Fourth Edition, this Workbook provides students with chapter-by-chapter exercises to reinforce text material, assessment tools to evaluate their skills, realistic scenarios to gauge their grasp of key concepts, and skills logs to chart their progress. The Workbook includes key terms matching exercises; chapter review questions; crossword puzzles; skill and knowledge drills; requisition activities; competency checklists; case studies; concept mapping exercises; procedure evaluation forms; venipuncture practice logs; and the lab tests and departments appendix from the text.
Infection control & safety procedures, many illustrations, outline format follows the exam review.
Synopsis
Designed to be used in conjunction with Phlebotomy Essentials, Fourth Edition, this Workbook provides students with chapter-by-chapter exercises to reinforce text material, assessment tools to evaluate their skills, realistic scenarios to gauge their grasp of key concepts, and skills logs to chart their progress. The Workbook includes key terms matching exercises; chapter review questions; crossword puzzles; skill and knowledge drills; requisition activities; competency checklists; case studies; concept mapping exercises; procedure evaluation forms; venipuncture practice logs; and the lab tests and departments appendix from the text.
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Reviewer:Valerie L. Ng, PhD MD(Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital)
Description:This is a companion workbook to the fourth edition of Phlebotomy Essentials.
Purpose:The workbook is intended for readers/students to test, practice, and reinforce their new knowledge. This workbook nicely meets these objectives.
Audience:The audience is phlebotomy students, in particular those learning phlebotomy from the companion textbook.
Features:As a workbook, it includes quizzes, fill in the blank type questions, and even some fun exercises (e.g., crossword puzzles) to test and reinforce phlebotomy knowledge. Of interest, the authors state that the written answers required for some of the exercises allow spelling practice. The quizzes and exercises are well constructed, focus on key learning objectives, and are actually fun to do. The format reminds me a lot of elementary or junior high type quizzes. The book is printed on newsprint equivalent paper, so my only caution is to those who might want to erase/revise answers -- don't erase too hard or you will wear through the paper.
Assessment:This is a handy workbook to have to test your knowledge if you are learning phlebotomy using the companion textbook.
Editorials
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Explains the procedures, techniques, and theory of drawing blood for medical tests, for students, laboratory technicians expanding or updating their skills, or candidates for a certification exam. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)From The Critics
Reviewer: Valerie L. Ng, PhD MD(Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital)Description: This is the fifth edition of a comprehensive phlebotomy textbook. The previous edition was published in 2008.
Purpose: The purpose is to update this textbook of phlebotomy.
Audience: This would be indispensable for phlebotomy instructors and students, but it also would be of interest to others performing phlebotomy as part of their daily activities (i.e., nurses and other allied health practitioners). Both authors are well known for their phlebotomy and education expertise.
Features: Once again, these two authors have produced a superb book. The writing is crisp, concise and clear. New to this edition is its full size (8.5" x 11"), updated information, increased illustrations and photos, and liberal use of color. The latter is absolutely superb — the chapters open with brilliantly colored first pages recapitulating the rainbow of phlebotomy tube stoppers, and key text is categorized in different color-coded blocks for easy and quick identification. While phlebotomy fundamentals are relatively the same as in previous editions, changes since the previous edition (e.g., in regulatory requirements, some state-specific) are nicely captured. This edition continues the website tie-in with additional teaching (lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations) and learning (videos, audio files, flash cards, animations) tools A nice addition is a 5" x10" color card cleanly displaying the recommended order of tube draw which can be conveniently posted. I must admit the logic of the memory jogger for the order of draw escapes me ("stop light red stay put green light go"); hopefully it makes sense to phlebotomists who really need to know this. Two competitive phlebotomy textbooks are The Complete Textbook of Phlebotomy, 3rd edition, Hoeltke (Delmar Cengage Learning, 2006), and Applied Phlebotomy, Ernst (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005). While all three contain superb factual information, this one is distinguished by its vibrancy and liberal use of photos and figures. My only reservation: it is a paperback book and therefore less durable for extended use.
Assessment: Get this book if you are a phlebotomy instructor or student. If an instructor, your curriculum is already 90% done. If a student, this book will serve you well in training and throughout your career.