A patient who is receiving rehabilitation following a spinal cord injury has been diagnosed with reflex incontinence. The nurse caring for the patient should include which intervention in this patient's plan of care?
A) Regular perineal care to prevent skin breakdown
B) Kegel exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor
C) Administration of hypotonic IV fluid
D) Limited fluid intake to prevent incontinence
Ans: A
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Reflex incontinence is associated with a spinal cord lesion that interrupts cerebral control, resulting in no sensory awareness of the need to void. Total incontinence occurs in patients with a psychological impairment when they cannot control excreta. A patient who is paralyzed cannot perform Kegel exercises. Intravenous fluids would make no difference in reflex incontinence. Limited fluid intake would make no impact on a patient's inability to sense the need to void.
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