A patient with an indwelling urinary catheter has an order for a 24-hour urine creatinine clearance test.To begin the test, the nurse should:
A)Collect all urine during any 24-hour period by labeling the drainage collection bag with the date and time most recently emptied.
B)Clamp the urinary catheter and then drain all urine into the container specified by the lab and repeat every 6 hours times 4.
C)Empty all urine in the urinary drainage bag at 0600 and then save all urine until the next day at 0600.
D)Increase meat portions in the diet for at least 48 hours prior to the planned start of the collection.

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To accurately perform a 24-hour urine creatinine clearance test, the nurse should start by emptying all urine in the urinary drainage bag at a specific time (e.g., 0600) and then save all urine produced for the next 24 hours until the same time the next day (e.g., 0600 the following day). This ensures that all urine produced in a 24-hour period is collected for the test.

A Patient with an Indwelling Urinary Catheter Has an Order