The nurse is seeing a 20-year-old client with a urinary tract infection (UTI) at the women's health clinic. The client says to the nurse, "It seems to me more women get urinary infections than men. Why is this?" What is the best response by the nurse?
a. "Because women are usually more sexually active than men, they are at higher risk for infections."
b. "Men have a prostate gland that protects them against urinary tract infections."
c. "The female urethra is longer than a male making women more prone to infections."
d. "Hormone changes during pregnancy and pressure of the uterus on the bladder can make women more prone to UTIs."
ANS: D
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