Geriatric patients receiving diuretics can be at risk for which problem?
a. Impaired vision
b. Urinary urgency
c. Blindness
d. Blinking too much
ANS: B
Patients receiving diuretic medication may have the urgency to urinate. Severe urinary urgency can cause increased intraocular pressure (IOP) during the procedure or cause the patient to move.
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