Success! in Phlebotomy

Part of Prentice Hall’s SUCCESS! Series, SUCCESS! in Phlebotomy, Seventh Edition offers a comprehensive approach to Phlebotomy review. With recent federal, state, and quality assessment requirements, continuing education in phlebotomy has never been more important. This is the ideal review book to prepare for national board certification exams or to keep current in this dynamic field. Simulating the exact format and organization of topics on the board examinations, it contains over 650 multiple-choice questions with explanations and complete references. Some key features to this new edition include:

• The questions are even more comprehensive in phlebotomy technical, skills and interpersonal communication areas than the sixth edition.
• The chapters include up-to-date exam questions with the latest blood collection equipment and accompanying figures to assist in learning effective, collection steps in the utility and safety of these pieces of equipment.
• The chapters include questions that focus on patient and phlebotomy safety and medical error reduction.
• The latest Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) phlebotomy standards are followed in the questions presented in each chapter.

The online components include a complete simulated practice exam, audio glossary, and links to additional online reference sources. The scratch off code to access these online materials is printed on the inside front cover.

Part of Prentice Hall’s SUCCESS! Series, SUCCESS! in Phlebotomy, Seventh Edition offers a comprehensive approach to Phlebotomy review. With recent federal, state, and quality assessment requirements, continuing education in phlebotomy has never been more important. This is the ideal review book to prepare for national board certification exams or to keep current in this dynamic field. Simulating the exact format and organization of topics on the board examinations, it contains over 650 multiple-choice questions with explanations and complete references. Some key features to this new edition include:

• The questions are even more comprehensive in phlebotomy technical, skills and interpersonal communication areas than the sixth edition.

• The chapters include up-to-date exam questions with the latest blood collection equipment and accompanying figures to assist in learning effective, collection steps in the utility and safety of these pieces of equipment.

• The chapters include questions that focus on patient and phlebotomy safety and medical error reduction.

• The latest Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) phlebotomy standards are followed in the questions presented in each chapter.

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As a companion to their text , Becan-McBride (U. of Texas Health Science Center) and Garza (Texas Woman's U. Institute of Health Sciences) present 650 practice questions, organized by topic, to help students review for certification exams. They offer rationales for both correct and incorrect answers to show students' strong and weak areas. The accompanying CD-ROM includes a practice exam as well as illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

KATHLEEN BECAN-MCBRIDE, EdD, MT(ASCP), CLS (NCA), is Director of Community Outreach & Education at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She has published 13 books and over fifty journal articles. She has been educating students in the health professions since 1973.

DIANA GARZA, EdD, MT (ASCP), CLS (NCA), is Associate Research Professor and Project Director for Interdisciplinary Health Care Education at Texas Woman's University, Institute of Health Sciences, in Houston, Texas. She is also an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She has published nine books, numerous journal articles, and has been on several editorial boards for health journals. She has been educating students in the health professions since 1981.