An RN in a Primary Care Office Is Caring for a 10-Year-Old

Multiple Choice

An RN in a primary care office is caring for a 10-year-old patient experiencing fever, chills, nasal congestion, and a sore throat. The patient's mother indicates that the child had been ill for the past two days, experiencing a poor appetite and sleepiness. The nurse swabs the patient's throat for rapid microbial analysis, suspecting the patient's symptoms are due to a common pathogen.
-Suspecting the patient is infected with influenza,the nurse prepares to obtain which of the following specimens for rapid testing at an external laboratory?  

A) Blood
B) Cerebrospinal fluid
C) Nasal swab
D) Skin scraping