The nurse is caring for a patient with a bladder infection. What symptoms are most common with this type of infection? (Select all that apply.)
A) Frequency
B) Urgency
C) Dysuria
D) Flank pain
E) Temperature elevation over 102?F
A, B, C
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Patients with bladder infection most commonly experience urinary frequency, urgency, and burning on urination (dysuria). Patients with pyelonephritis also experience flank pain and temperature elevation.
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