When obtaining a throat culture, the nurse must use a cotton-tipped applicator to swab the:
a. larynx.
b. oral mucosa.
c. pharynx.
d. trachea.
C
The nurse should swab the tonsillar area (pharynx) with a sterile cotton-tipped applicator to obtain a specimen for a throat culture.
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