Exam 15: Specimen Collection and Diagnostic Testing

The nurse has an order to perform occult blood testing on a patient's emesis. What color will the sample turn to indicate that the test is positive for occult blood?

After a bone scan, the nurse assesses a hematoma at the injection site of the dye. The nurse should apply ______ soaks or compresses.

The nurse is preparing to collect a urine specimen. What will this nurse include when labeling this specimen? (Select all that apply.)

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?

What is the rationale for the nurse to assess a patient's knowledge of an ordered procedure?

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

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

What should the nurse do when preparing the patient for an arteriography?

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 initiating a 24-hour urine collection, the nurse asks the patient to void. The nurse then _______ the specimen.

A patient is unable to obtain a sputum specimen by coughing and expectorating. What is the best way for the nurse to collect this specimen?

What should the nurse do when preparing the patient for a bronchoscopy?

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?

New physician orders are transcribed for a patient to receive a colonoscopy. What must be completed before the colonoscopy to indicate the patient has been given full knowledge about what will be done along with its risks and complications?

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

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?

What type of stool specimen must be sent to the laboratory immediately?

What is the term for the cleanest part of a voided urine specimen that is collected after voiding is initiated and before it is finished?

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

The nurse is collecting a specimen for a wound culture. What should be avoided when collecting this specimen?