A young patient has died in the emergency department after suffering severe trauma. The nurse understands that this patient's family may take comfort from the opportunity to:

A(n) ____________ is usually flexible, contains a fiber optic light, and is used to view the interior of body structures.

A major concern for an 86-year-old patient who has been NPO for 8 hours prior to a diagnostic test would be:

When collecting a blood sample with a Vacutainer system, it is important to:

A patient who is scheduled for discharge has items that were stored in the hospital safe. After retrieving them, the nurse should document their return to the patient by:

The nurse preparing a patient for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should determine if the patient has:

The nurse is performing an initial assessment on a patient with respiratory difficulty. The nurse would anticipate documenting signs and symptoms such as:

A culture is obtained when a patient has a bladder infection for the purpose of:

A patient asks why the blood glucose meter directions state to wipe away the first drop of blood. The most informative response by the nurse would be:

The nurse recognizes that an autopsy must be performed when the patient:

The technique of _______________  is used to obtain a sample of bone marrow for diagnostic testing.