The nurse is collecting evidence of sexual assault from a female patient. What should the nurse do with damp clothing?
1. Place the clothing in a plastic bag and document the time it was collected.
2. Drape the clothing over a chair in the room and give it to law enforcement officers when they arrive.
3. Allow the clothing to dry, place it in a paper bag, and label it appropriately.
4. Secure the clothing on a wire hanger and label it appropriately.
3
Rationale 1: Evidence should be placed in a paper bag.
Rationale 2: The clothing should not be draped over a chair to be picked up later by law enforcement officers.
Rationale 3: Nurses who collect and preserve evidence and the chain of custody must remember that evidence that is wet should always be dried before packaging. Evidence should always be placed in a paper bag.
Rationale 4: The clothing should not be secured on a wire hanger.
You might also like to view...
A child has been sent to the school nurse with pruritus and honey-colored crusts on the lower lip and chin. The nurse believes these lesions most likely are:
a. chickenpox. b. impetigo. c. shingles. d. herpes simplex type I.
You are the emergency-department nurse caring for a patient complaining of dyspnea. You assess the patient's chest and hear wheezing throughout the lung fields. What might this indicate?
A) The patient is in bronchospasm. B) The patient has pneumonia. C) The patient needs physiotherapy. D) The patient has a hemothorax.
A client who has just been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is discussing anticipatory grieving. Which action by the nurse would be inappropriate at this time?
1. Establish open communication and encourage sharing of feelings to discuss grieving. 2. Make referrals for support or bereavement groups. 3. Identify role changes and family stress management strategies. 4. Encourage the client to get affairs "in order" now to avoid waiting until it is too late.
A client who is experiencing her first pregnancy has just completed the initial prenatal examination with a certified nurse–midwife. Which statement indicates that the client has a correct understanding of her condition?
1. "The increased size of my uterus means that I am finally pregnant." 2. "Because we heard the baby's heartbeat, I am undoubtedly pregnant." 3. "Since I haven't felt the baby move yet, we don't know if I'm pregnant." 4. "My last period was 2 months ago, which means I'm 2 months along."