The patient complains of feeling the need to urinate and fullness and tenderness in the bladder area. The patient is restless and diaphoretic. What is the most appropriate initial nursing intervention?
a. Help the patient into a warm tub bath to stimulate voiding.
b. Catheterize the patient.
c. Palpate the bladder fundus.
d. Place heated towels over the bladder area.
ANS: C
Palpation to assess distention would be the initial intervention before trying to remedy the urinary retention.
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