A nurse is caring for an 85-year-old patient experiencing urinary incontinence. This nurse is aware that:
A) Antispasmodics are often prescribed to decrease urinary incontinence.
B) Restricting fluid intake is recommended.
C) Reflux incontinence is common in the elderly.
D) Urinary incontinence is not a consequence of aging.
Ans: D
Feedback: Patients who have mixed incontinence (both stress and urge incontinence) need to understand that anticholinergic and antispasmodic agents can help decrease urinary urgency and frequency and urge incontinence, but they do not decrease the urinary incontinence related to stress incontinence. Nursing management is based on the premise that incontinence is not inevitable with illness or aging and that it is often reversible and treatable.
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