The nurse needs to obtain a throat culture. In order to obtain this type of specimen, the nurse would:
a. Give the swab to the child and instruct the child to swab the throat
b. Swab throat while the child opens the mouth and says "ah"
c. Use a suction catheter to obtain a sterile specimen
d. Swab throat with a tongue depressor
B
The child will not be able to obtain a specimen. The correct procedure is to have the child open the mouth and say ah. The nurse then swabs the back of the throat. A suction catheter cannot obtain the correct specimen. A tongue depressor is used to hold the tongue out of the way, not to obtain the specimen.
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