A client with an indwelling urinary catheter needs a urine culture. Which collection method should the nurse use?
1Disconnect the catheter tubing and pour urine into a sterile cup.
2Cleanse the sampling port and aspirate fresh urine with a sterile syringe.✓ Correct answer
3Ask the client to void around the catheter into a specimen hat.
4Collect urine from the drainage bag at the end of the shift.
Explanation
For a small fresh specimen from an indwelling catheter, urine should be aspirated from the disinfected sampling port using sterile technique. Drainage bag urine is old and contaminated. Disconnecting the system increases infection risk, and voiding around the catheter is not appropriate.
Clinical Judgment Use the client cues, timing, labs, and safety risks to select the response that best fits Urine specimen from catheter.
Memory Tip Match the strongest cue cluster to the safest nursing judgment.
KR vs US NCLEX items reward cue-based priority thinking rather than isolated recall.
Clinical Practice GuideFor Urine specimen from catheter, compare the complete cue pattern with the client's current stability, ordered data, and expected nursing scope.
CautionDo not choose an action from one isolated cue when the full scenario changes priority or safety.