Author Question: A patient is to collect a 24 hour urine specimen from 8 AM today to 8 AM tomorrow. What should be ... (Read 70 times)

rosent76 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

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

akudia · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
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

A
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.