Peter is a student nurse who is caring for Mr. Grey, a patient who has been admitted to the medical unit of the hospital with a fever and malaise. The health care provider has ordered a uri-nalysis on Mr. Grey.
To collect the urine specimen, Peter should: A. obtain the specimen from a straight catheter.
B. use sterile gloves to cleanse the penis and collect the specimen in a sterile cup.
C. ask Mr. Grey to void into a cup.
D. instruct Mr. Grey to cleanse his penis, begin his stream, and then void into a ster-ile cup.
Question 2
An emergency department nurse is caring for a patient with a laceration on the lower leg that has become infected. On assessment the nurse realizes that a sign of an inflammatory response consists of:
A. skin blanching.
B. a decrease in the number of white blood cells.
C. a vascular reaction that delivers fluid, blood, and nutrients to the area.
D. instantaneous replacement of mature, healthy newly created cells.
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