The nurse is conducting a rape exam on a patient in the emergency department after a sexual assault. What specimens will the nurse collect? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. Swabs of body stains and secretions
2. Samples of pubic hair
3. Toenail scrapings
4. Samples of head hair
5. Sputum, for disease analysis
1,2,4
Rationale 1: The nurse will take swabs of body stains and secretions to analyze for semen or sperm.
Rationale 2: The nurse will take pubic hair samples to analyze root structure and identify foreign hairs that might have been transferred from the rapist.
Rationale 3: Toenail scrapings are not usually taken, but clippings or scrapings from the woman's fingernails often are examined for blood or tissue from the assailant.
Rationale 4: The nurse will take head hair samples to analyze root structure and identify foreign hairs that might have been transferred from the rapist.
Rationale 5: Sputum is not analyzed.
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