A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has a prescription for a 24 hr urine specimen. Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan to include
a. Provide the client with written instructions on how to collect the urine specimen.
b. Educate the client about the importance of collecting all urine over the 24-hour period.
c. Ensure that the client has a clean, labeled container for collecting the urine.
d. Instruct the client to begin the collection by discarding the first urine void and to end the collection with a final void at the same time the process started.