Your patient complains of a discharge from his urethra each morning,yet none is present now.To obtain a specimen of the discharge for culture,you should ask your patient to

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If the patient complains of penile discharge but none is present,ask the patient to milk the penis from the shaft to the glans.This maneuver may express a discharge that can then be cultured.Asking the patient to take the culture tube home to obtain a specimen the next morning may not be effective unless he is told about "milking" the penis.Providing a clean-catch urine specimen for culture is inappropriate because a urine specimen is not required.What is needed is a specimen of the drainage from the urethra.Squeezing the glans penis is not the correct method to obtain a discharge from the urethra.

Your Patient Complains of a Discharge from His Urethra Each