A 24-hour urine collection for Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) has been ordered on a child suspected of having neuroblastoma. The nurse begins the collection
1. at 0700.
2. after the next time the child voids.
3. at bedtime.
4. when the order is noted.
Answer: 2
Rationale: A 24-hour urine collection is started after the child voids. That
specimen is not saved, but all subsequent specimens in that 24-hour period
should be collected. It would not be an accurate collection of 24 hours of urine
if the collection began at 0700, bedtime, or when the order is noted.
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