CRITICAL THINKING:
1) What is venipuncture?
2) What are some problems that medical assistants may encounter
when attempting to draw blood from patients – and particularly from
elderly patients?
3) Susan, a medical assistant, is having trouble finding a
venipuncture site on the left arm of her patient, Gabel, although
Susan has thoroughly assessed and palpated the antecubital veins,
including the bigger median cubital vein. Gabel doesn’t want Susan
to draw blood from her right arm. What techniques are available...