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Obtaining a capillary blood specimen to measure blood glucose, you should - ✔✔ensure there is good
blood flow at the puncture site
True or False
When testing for fecal occult blood, a green color indicates a guaiac positive result. - ✔✔False
A RN instructing a female patient on obtaining a clean catch urine specimen should stress to: - ✔✔Void a
small amount of urine before collecting the specimen
The client has an indwelling catheter. The nurse should obtain a sterile urine specimen by - ✔✔using a
syringe to withdraw urine from the catheter tubing port
An x-ray of the abdomen visualizing the kidneys, ureters and bladder is known as: - ✔✔KUB
What is an echocardiogram? - ✔✔Visualization of the structures of the heart by using ultrasound
What does MRI stand for? - ✔✔Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Thoracentesis is removal of fluid from: - ✔✔pleural space
While assisting with a thoracentesis the nurse should do all of the following EXCEPT: - ✔✔Have the
patient cough periodically during the procedure
A noninvasive method of estimating bladder volume would be: - ✔✔Bladder Scanner
, Your urine should smell - ✔✔aromatic
What is a normal urine output per hour? - ✔✔30 mL
Urge incontinence is due to - ✔✔an overactive bladder
Stress incontinence is when - ✔✔urine leaks when you laugh, cough or sneeze
The presence of ketones in the urine indicates - ✔✔rapid breakdown of fat
The nurse who teaches a client about preventing UTIs would include which statement? - ✔✔Void
immediately after sexual intercourse
How much space should you leave from the tip of the penis and the drainage tube when applying a
condom cath? - ✔✔1 Inch
The nurse understands that a straight catheterization: - ✔✔empties the bladder and the catheter is
immediately removed
The purpose of a three way Foley after a TURP is to - ✔✔Irrigation
A nurse is inserting a Foley catheter in a female and obtains clear urine. What next? - ✔✔Advance the
catheter another 2 inches (5 cm)
Where should Foley indwelling catheter drainage bag be positioned after insertion of catheter? -
✔✔Lower than the level of the bladder
What are the causes of constipation? - ✔✔poor bowel habits
diet low in fiber
chronic use of laxatives