ATI SPECIMEN COLLECTION POST TEST WITH QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
A nurse is caring for a client who has a stage III pressure injury on the sacral area. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take when obtaining a wound culture specimen from the pressure
injury?
A. Irrigate the wound with an antiseptic solution before collecting specimen
B. Wipe the crusty area around the outside of the wound with a sterile swab
C. Rotate a sterile swab in the area of drainage.
D. Collect drainage from the wound dressing
C. Rotate a sterile swab in the area of drainage
A nurse is teaching a client about home collection of a stool specimen for fecal occult blood testing.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
A. Obtain specimens from three different stools.
B. Eat a diet low in fiber and residue
C. Avoid food that are high in fat.
D. Refrigerate the specimen card after obtaining the first sample
A. Obtain specimens from three different stools.
A nurse caring for a group of clients in an ambulatory care clinic is collecting urine for several
prescribed diagnostic tests. For which of the following tests is a random sample voided into a clean
cup appropriate.
A. Urine culture and sensitivity
B. Routine analysis
C. Urine creatine clearance
D. Urine pregnancy testing
B. Routine analysis
A nurse is caring for a client who needs to collect a midstream urine specimen. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
A. Give the client a clean urine cup from the laboratory
A nurse is caring for a client who has a stage III pressure injury on the sacral area. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take when obtaining a wound culture specimen from the pressure
injury?
A. Irrigate the wound with an antiseptic solution before collecting specimen
B. Wipe the crusty area around the outside of the wound with a sterile swab
C. Rotate a sterile swab in the area of drainage.
D. Collect drainage from the wound dressing
C. Rotate a sterile swab in the area of drainage
A nurse is teaching a client about home collection of a stool specimen for fecal occult blood testing.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
A. Obtain specimens from three different stools.
B. Eat a diet low in fiber and residue
C. Avoid food that are high in fat.
D. Refrigerate the specimen card after obtaining the first sample
A. Obtain specimens from three different stools.
A nurse caring for a group of clients in an ambulatory care clinic is collecting urine for several
prescribed diagnostic tests. For which of the following tests is a random sample voided into a clean
cup appropriate.
A. Urine culture and sensitivity
B. Routine analysis
C. Urine creatine clearance
D. Urine pregnancy testing
B. Routine analysis
A nurse is caring for a client who needs to collect a midstream urine specimen. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
A. Give the client a clean urine cup from the laboratory
