Question 1

Where can we find the patient’s identifiers?

• In every bed inside the medical ward
• Patient’s ID band
• Patient’s chart holder
• Clinical cover sheet

Question 2
The following are instances where we ask for the patient identification, except:
• Before administering IVTT medications
• When giving discharge instructions
• During admission
• When entering the radiology department since the patient is for chest x-ray

Question 3
This term refers to the process of withdrawing blood from a vein to acquire a blood
specimen for CBC or other relevant diagnostic tests
Phlebotomy

Question 4
This purple top collects specimens for CBC. It contains an anticoagulant called:
ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRA ACID

Question 5
Ideally, a blood culture specimen must with extracted from 2 different venipuncture sites
to better identify the causative microorganism responsible for the infection.
• True
• False

Question 6
Aspirating the pus from the wound is better than swabbing the wound using Levine
technique
• True
• False

Question 7
When collecting a stool specimen from a child with loose watery stool, collection from the
diaper is allowed.
• True
• False

Question 8
This is the best specimen taken for a SARS-COV2 RT PCR Test
• Oropharyngeal swab
• Saliva
• Nasopharyngeal swab
• Endotracheal swab

Question 9
Mandel, a patient with recurrent seizures and high fever, needs to undergo a lumbar
spinal tap.

The nurse knows that the best position for this procedure is.
• Sitting
• Supine
• Lateral
• Lateral Decubitus

Question 10
Mr. and Mrs. Lim have no child since their marriage for 5 years. They decided to consult
a fertility specialist and was advised to undergo certain diagnostic procedures.

Mr. Lim was scheduled for a sperm analysis. The specimen in this procedure is collected
through:
Masturbation

Question 11
Arthrocentesis is the procedure performed to collect the pleural fluid for culture and
analysis
• True
• False

Question 12
Mario, 16 years old, presented with painful urination with discharges and fever. The
doctor suspects that Mario has a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

This is the best diagnostic procedure to determine if indeed Mario has a STI
• Urinalysis
• Sperm Analysis
• Penile Swab
• Blood Culture

Question 13
After the collecting the cerebrospinal fluid, when should the specimen be sent to the
laboratory?
• Within 2 hours
• Immediately
• Within 24 hours
• Within 30 minutes

Question 14
Johnry works as a delivery truck driver. He is scheduled to travel to another distant town
the following day.

At around 8AM, he experienced hemoptysis (coughing out blood) and sudden dyspnea.
He was advised by TB DOTS physician to have his sputum examined.

When is the best time for Johnry to submit his specimen?

• When there is no more bloody sputum, spot-spot specimen can be collected

• Spot-spot specimen within the day
• Spot and early morning specimen
• 1 spot specimen, 1 early morning and another early morning specimen

Question 15
For pediatric patients, this is a non-invasive material attached to aid in collecting a urine
specimen for urinalysis.
• none of the above
• urine collector
• straight catheter
• indwelling catheter

Question 16
For a 24-hour urine specimen collection, it is crucial to discard the 1st specimen, then
collect the succeeding specimen for the remaining 24 hours and store it inside the
refrigerator.
• True
• False

Question 17
The patient has an endotracheal tube attached to the mechanical ventilator. The
physician ordered collection of a sputum sample for GeneXpert MTB/Rif Assay.

What is the best method to collect the sputum sample?

• Swabbing the patient’s inner mouth
• Perform deep breathing exercises and let patient expectorate, then collect.
• Using a mucus trap preferably early morning
• Using a nasogastric tube and lavage

Question 18
The patient went to the emergency department due to dyspnea secondary to ascites. The
doctor informed the nurse to prepare for paracentesis.
Knowing this procedure, the nurses will don the following PPE:
• Gloves only
• Gloves and gown
• Gloves, gown and eye goggles
• Gloves, gown, eye goggles and mask