The patient accidentally discards voided urine during a 24-hour urine collection. What should the nurse do next?
a. Instruct the patient to call for help before voiding.
b. Consult with the laboratory for further instructions.
c. Discard all urine and begin another 24-hour collection.
d. State on the laboratory requisition that one specimen is missing.
C
The 24-hour specimen is invalid, so the nurse starts a new collection and reinforces instructions to the patient. A new container is obtained, and the collection is restarted. The nurse cannot send the specimen to the laboratory missing one specimen because the urine sent does not contain all urine from the last 24 hours.
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