Exam 24: Diagnostic Tests and Specimen Collection

A patient in the outpatient clinic has provided a urine sample. To perform a urine dipstick test accurately, the nurse wets the dipstick and starts timing:

A patient will undergo endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to determine the cause of jaundice. Before the test, the nurse would assess this patient for an allergy to:

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 explains to the patient that the significance of the hematocrit is that it:

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:

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

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

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

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:

For the patient who just had a liver biopsy performed, the nurse should position him:

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

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

The nurse instructs an outpatient female patient preparing for an abdominal ultrasonography that prior to the procedure, she should:

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: