A patient who was admitted in hypertensive crisis in now normotensive. The nurse notes the patient's output from the indwelling urinary catheter has been 15 mL over the last hour and was 20 mL the previous hour. What nursing intervention is necessary?
1. Assess the patient for development of stroke findings.
2. Discuss these findings with the primary care provider.
3. Increase the patient's intravenous fluid rate.
4. Irrigate the patient's indwelling urinary catheter.
Answer: 2
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