The nurse is collecting a stool specimen. Arrange the following steps in the order the nurse should perform them. Label the steps from 1 to 4, with 1 being the first step to perform
A. Have the patient defecate into a special container placed under the toilet seat.
B. Put on gloves and place the specimen in a specimen container.
C. Ask the patient to void to empty the bladder.
D. Place a label on the specimen container.
ANS:
C, A, B, D
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