The nurse is planning an inservice for a group of new graduate nurses about urinary infections. Which of the following should be included in the presentation?
A) Men require a longer course of antibiotic therapy to manage a urinary tract infection than women.
B) Men are most likely to experience descending urinary tract infections.
C) Straight catheterization is the only means to obtain a urine specimen to evaluate for the presence of a urinary tract infection.
D) The rate of urinary tract infections is similar between men and women.
A
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