Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 85%
Simulated
A nurse receives an order for blood urine stool and nasal cultures on a client with a high fever. Which prefix describes this order?
Correct answer
D
Rationale
The correct answer is D: Pan. The prefix "Pan-" means all or entire, indicating that cultures from various sources are being ordered to cover all possible sources of infection. "Macro-" (A) means large, "Oligo-" (B) means few or scanty, and "Mono-" (C) means one or single, all of which do not accurately describe ordering cultures from multiple sources.