Why should the patient be reminded to wash his or her hands before obtaining the specimen?
Patients must be instructed to wash his or her hands before obtaining the specimen to prevent the contamination of the specimen.
Why should the patient be reminded to wash his or her hands before obtaining the specimen?
27. You should wash your hands with soap and running water for at least food a. 10 b. 20 seconds before preparing c. 30 d. 60
Fiona puts her hands into a sinkful of lukewarm water; Luke puts his hands into a sinkful of ice-cold water. What should we predict about their action potentials? a) Fiona's will be weaker because the stimulus is less intense. b) Their action potentials will be the same due to the all-or-none principle. c) Luke's will travel a shorter distance because the stimulus is more intense. d) Luke's will travel faster because the stimulus is more intense.
Which ethnical principles should guide the nurse in working with the patient and her spouse in obtaining informed consent. the patient is ok with this the husband has concerns.
Free discussion.! Do you think we wash our hands as well as we should? As often as we should? How well should a health care facility be cleaned? Do you think our patients and their families care about a clean environment? Have you ever walked into a health care facility and thought it not clean? What did you do? Does it matter? What do you think?
lens and Tests 263 Case Studies A murse delivered phlebotomist se Study 13-1: CSF Specimen Handling ce delivered three vials of CSF to the lab. A comist newly trained in specimen processing cented the specimens from the nurse. The Whatomist had never received CSF specimens before phlebotomist was not sure what to do with them. She wae mely busy and her supervisor was at lunch so she set the vials a set the vials aside, intending to ask her supervisor...
What is the purpose of having a patient collect a clean‑catch, midstream urine specimen? Why is a microscopic examination performed on a urine specimen? How early in a pregnancy can a urine pregnancy test provide an accurate result? Why is it important for diabetics to test their blood glucose levels on a regular basis at home? What does a hemoglobin A1c show? Discuss patient education and professionalism related to assisting in the analysis of blood.
A patient brought a urine specimen to the clinic for hCG testing. She reported that she has performed a home pregnancy test earlier that day on this same specimen and the results were negative, even though she felt sure that she was pregnant. The technician resulted the specific gravity of the urine and found it to be 1.007. Is the patient pregnant? What advice should be given the patient? Do you believe she had a false negative hCG? Why or...
Victor Krentz is assisting Dr. Conners with the fifth cataract surgery for the day. The patient is Kathy Eall, a diabetic patient whose condition has been stable enough for her to undergo a surgical procedure. Victor has performed a six-minute surgical scrub on his hands before esch of the five procedures. Dr. Conners indicates that he is in a hurry to get back to his office for a heavy afternoon schedule of patients. After both Dr. Conners and Victor are...
4. In the transfer technique procedure why is it important to cool the loop before obtaining an inocul btaining an inoculum of bacteria?
80. The patient's tracing shows very tall wave forms. What change should you make before obtaining the tracing? a. Decrease the gain or sensitivity b. Increase the gain or sensitivity c. Decrease the chart speed d. Increase the chart speed 81. What is the default chart speed? a. 10 mm/second b. 10 mm/mV 20 mm/second d. 25 mm/second с. e. 25 mm/mV 82. What is the default gain or sensitivity? 10 mm/second 10 mm/mV 20 mm/second d. 25 mm/second 25...