The patient is to be catheterized for residual urine. The nurse must perform this catheterization within how many minutes following voiding?
a. 40 minutes
b. 30 minutes
c. 20 minutes
d. 10 minutes
D
Catheterization is performed within 10 minutes of the patient voiding to check for residual urine.
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