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Hematology

A Schilling test has been ordered for a client suspected of having pernicious anemia. What is the nurse’s primary responsibility in relation to this test?

ExplanationThe client is given radioactive vitamin B12 orally, and a 24-hour urine sample is collected to see if vitamin B12 is absorbed from the GI tract into the bloodstream and excreted in the urine.