Exam 24: Diagnostic Tests and Specimen Collection

To improve the comfort of an elderly patient who is to be in the radiology department for several hours, the nurse should send a(n):

A major concern for an 86-year-old patient who has been NPO for 8 hours prior to a diagnostic test would be:

The nurse is to collect a sample of blood for a lab test. Arrange the sequence of a phlebotomy. (Separate letters with a comma and space as follows: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.)

A patient who is on an anticoagulant (Coumadin) asks, "What did the physician mean when he said I was to have my blood tested every 2 weeks?" The nurse explains, "It is important to monitor the effects of the drug to see how long it takes your blood to clot. The blood test the physician was talking about is the:

A patient is scheduled to have a blood chemistry profile drawn at 8 AM tomorrow. The note should be added on the care plan and report provided to the oncoming shift to withhold food and drink after:

The physician has ordered the collection of a 24-hour urine specimen. The nurse's instructions to the patient for proper collection of the urine specimen include: (Select all that apply.)

A patient who is to have a treadmill stress test at 11:00 AM today should not consume:

Prior to the nurse transporting the patient to have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it is essential that the nurse confirm that the patient:

When obtaining a capillary blood sample for blood glucose, the nurse will select the puncture site to cause the least amount of discomfort, which is:

An elderly patient has had a series of enemas in preparation for a gastrointestinal diagnostic procedure. Which electrolytes should be monitored following the enemas?

The nurse is aware that patients who are not candidates for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) include patients with: (Select all that apply.)

The patient who has just returned to the unit after an angiography test should be assessed immediately for:

Following a colonoscopy with polyp removal, the wife of the patient is distressed that there is slight bleeding from her husband's rectum. The nurse's most helpful response would be:

The nurse obtaining a wound culture would:

The nurse instructing a patient who is to have a Papanicolaou smear (Pap smear) in 2 days would tell the patient to avoid:

A patient asks why the blood glucose meter directions state to wipe away the first drop of blood. The most informative response by the nurse would be:

The patient in the skilled nursing facility who is to have a colonoscopy tomorrow complains about his limited diet prior to the examination. The nurse may offer the patient:

The nurse informs the patient who is to have an electroencephalogram (EEG) that the technician will try to stimulate seizure activity by asking the patient to: (Select all that apply.)

A patient who is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization asks what the catheterization will reveal that an electrocardiogram would not. The nurse explains that the catheterization shows:

The nurse is aware that the chart of a patient going for a cardiac catheterization should have: (Select all that apply.)