Dr. Rene Cabasan orders three stool specimens for occult blood testing from a client who complains of blood-streaked stools and a 12-pound weight loss in a month. To ensure valid test results the nurse should instruct the client to: a. Take three specimens from different sections of the fecal sample. b. Send the specimen to the laboratory immediately while it is still fresh and warm. c. Use a sterile cotton tipped applicator and a sterile test. d. Avoid eating red meat 48 hours prior to and during the sampling phase The client has been seen by the health care provider and the suspected diagnosis is peptic ulcer disease. Which is the major diagnostic test for peptic ulcers? a. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen b. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy(EGD) c. Barium swallow d. Abdominal X-ray The nurse would counsel a client with liver cirrhosis that a portosystemic shunt will a. reverse effects of cirrhosis b. eliminate the danger of hepatic failure c. reduce portal hypertension d. reduce ascites
Dr. Rene Cabasan orders three stool specimens for occult blood testing from a client who complains of blood-streaked stools and a 12-pound weight loss in a month. To ensure valid test results the nurse should instruct the client to:
a. Take three specimens from different sections of the fecal sample.
b. Send the specimen to the laboratory immediately while it is still fresh and warm.
c. Use a sterile cotton tipped applicator and a sterile test.
d. Avoid eating red meat 48 hours prior to and during the sampling phase
The client has been seen by the health care provider and the suspected diagnosis is peptic ulcer disease. Which is the major diagnostic test for peptic ulcers?
a. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen
b. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy(EGD)
c. Barium swallow
d. Abdominal X-ray
The nurse would counsel a client with liver cirrhosis that a portosystemic shunt will
a. reverse effects of cirrhosis
b. eliminate the danger of hepatic failure
c. reduce portal hypertension
d. reduce ascites
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