The nurse is writing a plan of care for an older adult patient taking flavoxate. What is an appropriate goal for this patient's plan of care?
A) The patient will have adequate pupil dilation within 24 hours.
B) The patient will experience fewer bronchospasms within 8 hours.
C) The patient will experience fewer symptoms of prostatitis within 24 hours.
D) The patient will show resolution of peptic ulcer within 2 weeks.
C
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Flavoxate is used to relieve symptoms of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency, and incontinence associated with cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis. As a result, the nurse would know the drug was working when the patient experienced fewer symptoms related to any one of these conditions. Because the drug is not indicated for pupil dilation, bronchospasm, or treatment of a peptic ulcer, the nurse's outcomes would not be related to these conditions.
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