ATI RN
ATI Nurs100102 Fundamentals Retake Questions
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Question 1 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who has a wound infection. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when obtaining a wound-drainage specimen for culture?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C: Cleanse the wound with 0.9% sodium chloride saline irrigation before obtaining the specimen. This step is crucial to prevent contamination of the culture sample with external microorganisms. Using saline irrigation helps remove debris, bacteria, and other contaminants from the wound surface, providing a more accurate culture result. Swabbing an area away from the wound (
A) or including intact skin at the wound edges (
D) would not provide a sample of the wound drainage itself. Irrigating the wound with an antiseptic (
B) may interfere with the accuracy of the culture results by killing the bacteria that need to be identified.
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