Question

An older adult, who alternately lives in a homeless shelter and on the street, is brought to the emergency department by friends. the client has a fever, night sweats, and a blood-tinged productive cough. the health care provider suspects that the client has tuberculosis and prescribes a purified protein derivate (ppd) test, chest x-ray, and sputum culture. place these interventions in the order that they should be performed.

Answer 1

The order would be:
chest x-ray,
purified protein derivate (ppd) test,
and sputum culture

The chest x-ray should be done first as it is easy and the result could be obtained fast. Purified protein derivate will be second since its involve intradermal injection and a bit hard to do. Sputum culture needs weeks but it is the most important test to prove there is an active infection.