The nurse is collecting a "fractional collection" of urine. The nurse is reviewing the procedure for the necessary time frame for the specimen. What are the most common factional collection time segments?
A) 2 hours
B) 4 hours
C) 6 hours
D) 8 hours
C
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Most often the factional collection is timed in 6 hour, not 2-, 4-, or 8-hour, segments.
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