Exam 23: Specimen Collection and Diagnostic Testing

The nurse is caring for a patient following a bronchoscopy and maintains NPO status for 2 hours.What additional assessment will indicate to the nurse that this patient's risk for aspiration has decreased?

A patient is required to provide a sample of body excretions per health care provider order.What action can the nurse take when providing proper instructions to lessen the patient's embarrassment?

Following an intravenous pyelogram,the nurse should watch the patient closely for a delayed reaction to the dye,usually occurring within ___ to ___ hours following the procedure.

What should the nurse assess the patient for before administration of contrast media?

Anaerobic organisms tend to grow within body cavities.What will the nurse use to collect an anaerobic specimen?

What should the nurse do when preparing the patient for an exercise tolerance test (treadmill)?

What health care professional has the responsibility for notifying the health care provider when laboratory and diagnostic studies deviate from the norm?

What should the nurse do when preparing the patient for a brain scan?

A patient has just had a liver biopsy.What should the nurse do immediately following this procedure?

What should the nurse do when preparing the patient for a bone scan?

The patient has undergone a lumbar puncture.What position will the nurse place the patient in for up to 12 hours to avoid discomfort from postpuncture spinal headache?

When collecting a stool specimen for a guaiac (occult blood in stool),the nurse should take a specimen from _____ different parts of the stool.

The nurse is preparing a patient for a diagnostic examination.What can the nurse implement to assist with reducing anxiety?

What should the nurse encourage the patient to consume when preparing for an electroencephalogram (EEG)?

Following a liver biopsy,the nurse should observe for hemorrhage and ensure that the patient is kept on bed rest for 24 hours.How should the nurse keep the patient for the first 1 to 2 hours?

When performing a venipuncture,the tourniquet should be left on no more than ____ to ____ minutes.

The nurse is preparing a patient for a barium enema.What color will the nurse inform the patient his stools will be following this procedure?

The procedure for collecting a sterile urine specimen via a catheter port includes clamping the Foley catheter tubing below the catheter port.How long will the clamp remain in place?

A sputum specimen is ordered on a patient diagnosed with pneumonia.When is the best time for the nurse to the attempt to collect this specimen?

The patient is to be catheterized for residual urine.The nurse must perform this catheterization within how many minutes following voiding?