A nurse teaches a client who is starting urinary bladder training. Which statement should the nurse include in this client's teaching?
a. "Use the toilet when you first feel the urge, rather than at specific intervals."
b. "Try to consciously hold your urine until the scheduled toileting time."
c. "Initially try to use the toilet at least every half hour for the first 24 hours."
d. "The toileting interval can be increased once you have been continent for a week."
ANS: B
The client should try to hold the urine consciously until the next scheduled toileting time. Toileting should occur at specific intervals during the training. The toileting interval should be no less than every hour. The interval can be increased once the client becomes comfortable with the interval.
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