Author Question: What should the nurse do when a patient is required to provide a timed urine specimen? a. Save ... (Read 46 times)

justinmsk · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

What should the nurse do when a patient is required to provide a timed urine specimen?

a. Save all urine from the time the test began.
b. Leave the collection bottle on the floor near the patient's bed.
c. Send notices along with the patient when leaving the unit to have all urine saved and returned to the unit.
d. Remove contaminants such as toilet paper from the urine before transferring it to the collection bottle.

Question 2

__________________ involves the insertion of a urinary catheter directly into the bladder through the lower abdominal wall. Urine drains from the catheter into a urinary drainage bag.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

GCabra · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Place signs on the patient's door and toileting area, indicating that a timed urine specimen collection is in progress. If the patient leaves the unit for a test or procedure, be sure that personnel in that area collect and save all urine. The nurse discards the first specimen and then collects every successive specimen until the time period has ended. Place a specimen collection container in the bathroom and, if indicated, in a pan of ice. The urine specimen is not to be contaminated with feces or toilet tissue.

Answer to Question 2

Suprapubic catheterization
Suprapubic catheterization involves the insertion of a urinary catheter directly into the bladder through the lower abdominal wall. Urine drains from the catheter into a urinary drainage bag. Suprapubic catheters are inserted with local or general anesthetic for short- or long-term use.