A nurse is planning to collect a stool specimen for ova and parasites from a client

who has diarrhea. Which of the followingactions should the nurse take when

collecting the specimen?

• Instruct the client to defecate into the toilet bowl

-incorrect: The nurse should have the client defecate into a bedpan or a container for

stoolcollection. The toilet water candilute and contaminate the liquid specimen.

• Transfer the specimen to a sterile container

-incorrect: The nurse should place the stool specimen in a cleancontainer using a

tonguedepressor.

• Refrigerate the collected specimen

-incorrect: The nurse should send the collected stool specimen immediately to the laboratory

after labeling the specimen properly toprevent contamination with microorganisms and keep

thespecimen from getting cold.

• Place the stool specimen collection container in a biohazard bag

-The nurse should place the specimen collection container in a biohazard bag with the client

label on the container and the bag foreasy identification. This will also prevent

contamination with microorganisms.

• A nurse is caring for a client who has a tracheostomy and requiressuctioning. Which of the

following actions should the nurse take?

• Hyper oxygenate the client before suctioning

-The nurse should use a manual resuscitation bag to hyper oxygenate the client for

severalminutes prior to suctioning.

• Insert the catheter during exhalation

-incorrect: The nurse should insert the catheter during inhalation