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rosent76

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A patient is to collect a 24 hour urine specimen from 8 AM today to 8 AM tomorrow. What should be included in the nurse's instructions to the patient?
 
  a. Collect all your urine between 8 AM today and 8 AM tomorrow.
  b. At 8 AM today, void into the container, collect all the urine until 8 AM tomorrow, then void and discard.
  c. Void at 8 AM today and discard, collect all your urine until 8 AM tomorrow when you should void and discard.
  d. Void at 8 AM today and discard, collect all your urine until 8 AM tomorrow when you should empty your bladder completely and save the specimen.

Question 2

Grouping people based on biological similarities is classifying them by
 
  a. race c. culture
  b. ethnicity d. nationality


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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The nurse should provide the patient with the following instructions: void and discard the specimen at the beginning of the collection; the 24 hour collection begins after the first discarded urine; save all the urine from that time on until the following day; at the collection ending time, void one last time and save the specimen.

Answer to Question 2

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Race refers to a group of people based on biological similarities. Members of a racial group have similar physical characteristics such as blood group, facial features, and color of skin, hair, and eyes.


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Wow, this really help

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