Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
As an RN in a primary care office, you recently took care of a 10-year-old patient experiencing fever, chills, a stuffy nose, and a sore throat. The patient’s mother indicated that the child had been ill for the past 2 days, was eating poorly, and sleeping a great deal of the time. You swab the patient’s throat for rapid microbial analysis, suspecting the problem was due to a common pathogen.
-Suspecting the patient has the flu,you are ordered to obtain which specimen for rapid testing at an external laboratory?

Question

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
 As an RN in a primary care office, you recently took care of a 10-year-old patient experiencing fever, chills, a stuffy nose, and a sore throat. The patient’s mother indicated that the child had been ill for the past 2 days, was eating poorly, and sleeping a great deal of the time. You swab the patient’s throat for rapid microbial analysis, suspecting the problem was due to a common pathogen.
-Suspecting the patient has the flu,you are ordered to obtain which specimen for rapid testing at an external laboratory?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A nasal swab would be the appropriate specimen to obtain for rapid testing for the flu. Blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and skin scraping are not typically used for this type of testing.

Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question