A nurse is educating a client undergoing treatment for genitourinary tract bacterial infections on an outpatient basis. What instructions should the nurse offer the client as part of the client teaching plan?
A) Notify the primary health care provider if abdominal pain occurs.
B) Discontinue the therapy if symptoms vanish.
C) Decrease fluid intake if symptoms subside.
D) Increase fluid intake to at least 2000 mL/day.
Ans: D
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The nurse should instruct the client to increase the fluid intake to at least 2000 mL/day to help remove bacteria from the genitourinary tract when caring for a client with a genitourinary tract bacterial infection. The nurse should stress the importance of continued therapy even if symptoms vanish or the client feels better after a few doses. The nurse should encourage continued increased fluid intake even if the symptoms subside. Abdominal pain is not commonly associated with genitourinary tract bacterial infections, so this instruction would not be necessary.
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