The health care provider prescribes the following interventions for a patient with acute prostatitis caused by E. coli. Which intervention should the nurse question?
a. Instruct patient to avoid sexual intercourse until treatment is complete.
b. Administer ibuprofen (Advil) 400 mg every 8 hours as needed for pain.
c. Catheterize the patient as needed if symptoms of urinary retention develop.
d. Give trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) DS 1 tablet daily for 28 days.
ANS: C
Although acute urinary retention may occur, insertion of a catheter through an inflamed urethra is contraindicated and the nurse will anticipate that the health care provider will need to insert a suprapubic catheter. The other actions are appropriate.
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