The nurse is caring for a patient with kidney disease. How should the nurse end a 24-hour urine test at the end of the 24 hours?
a. The final voiding before 24 hours is discarded.
b. The patient voids at the end of 24 hours, adding it to the collection container.
c. One hundred milliliters of collected urine is placed into a specimen cup and sent to the laboratory.
d. The patient voids, and the first and last specimens from 24 hours are sent to the laboratory.
ANS: B
The patient is in a prone position, usually with a sandbag under the abdomen, and the biopsy is taken through the flank area. A. C. D. These positions are not appropriate when obtaining a renal biopsy.
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