A client reports to the nurse at the urgent care center that he has had a sore throat for six days. What is the only reliable means of determining whether the client's pharyngitis is viral or bacterial?
a. blood culture c. pharynx visualization
b. sputum specimen d. throat culture
D
The only reliable means of determining whether pharyngitis is viral or bacterial is with a throat culture. The nurse is most often the person who performs a throat smear for culture, which requires a physician's order. The applicator is swabbed across the tonsils, the posterior edge of the soft palate, and the uvula.
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