A nurse assesses a male client who is recovering from a urologic procedure. Which assessment finding indicates an obstruction of urine flow?
a. Severe pain
b. Overflow incontinence
c. Hypotension
d. Blood-tinged urine
ANS: B
The most common manifestation of urethral stricture after a urologic procedure is obstruction of urine flow. This rarely causes pain and has no impact on blood pressure. The client may experience overflow incontinence with the involuntary loss of urine when the bladder is distended. Blood in the urine is not a manifestation of the obstruction of urine flow.
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