Exam 15: Specimen Collection and Diagnostic Testing

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

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 should the nurse do when preparing the patient for an abdominal scan?

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

What is the probable source of bright red blood in the stool?

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

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?

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

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 nurse should administer Telepaque in preparation for a cholecystogram.How frequently will the nurse administer one tablet of Telepaque before this procedure?

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

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

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?

The process for collecting a blood specimen for measuring blood glucose levels begins by asking the patient to hold the selected arm at his or her side for 30 seconds.From what anatomic location is the specimen obtained?

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

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

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 explains that electrocardiograms are graphic representations of electrical impulses generated by the heart.What type of abnormalities can an electrocardiogram identify?