Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.2, Problem 1NP
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1. An RN is training a new staff nurse about proper specimen collection. Consequences of improper specimen collection may include all of the following, except
- a. a delay in appropriate treatment.
- b. exposing the patient to an unnecessary procedure.
- c. having to repeat the test.
- d. putting other patients at risk for incorrect treatment.
- e. putting the patient at risk for incorrect treatment.
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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