The nurse collecting tissue for a Tzanck smear will (place the steps in sequence):
1. open the lesion with a hypodermic needle.
2. place the specimen in culture tube and take to the laboratory.
3. saturate the sterile swab with exudates.
4. wash the lesion.
5. place a pressure dressing on the lesion.
4, 1, 3, 2
The nurse would wash the lesion, puncture the lesion with a needle, saturate a sterile cotton swab, place it in a culture tube, and take to the laboratory. There is no need for a pressure dressing.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
REF: 1129, Diagnostic Tests and Procedures table OBJ: 4
TOP: Tzanck Smear KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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