A client in the preoperative holding room has received sedation and now needs to urinate. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Allow the client to walk to the bathroom.
b. Delegate assisting the client to the nurse's aide.
c. Give the client a bedpan or urinal to use.
d. Insert a urinary catheter now instead of waiting.
ANS: C
Although possibly uncomfortable or embarrassing for the client, the client should not be allowed out of bed after receiving sedation. The nurse should get the client a bedpan or urinal. The client may or may not need a urinary catheter.
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