A client, feeling discomfort in her pubic area, tells the nurse she has been voiding "only a little bit, about every half hour." The nurse realizes this client is describing clinical signs of:
a. functional incontinence.
b. urinary retention.
c. nocturia.
d. stress incontinence.
ANS: B
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