A nurse is to collect a sputum specimen from a client. The best time to collect this specimen is:
a) before bedtime.
b) any time during the day.
c) in the morning, as soon as the client awakens.
d) early in the evening when secretions settle in the lungs.
Ans: c) in the morning, as soon as the client awakens.
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A) True B) False
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