What should a nurse do when taking a specimen for a throat culture? (Place the appropriate actions in the correct sequence. Separate letters by a comma and space as follows: A, B, C, D.)
A. Depress the tongue with a tongue blade.
B. Place the applicator in a culture tube.
C. Ask the patient to tilt the head back.
D. Swab the back of the throat and tonsils.
C, A, D, B
When collecting a specimen for throat culture the patient is asked to tilt the head back, the ton-gue is depressed with tongue blade, the back of the throat and tonsils are swabbed, and an appli-cator is placed in a culture tube.
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