The nurse should instruct a 47-year-old female patient who visits the clinic because she has been experiencing stress incontinence when she sneezes to:
A) Keep a record of when the incontinence occurs.
B) Perform clean intermittent catheterization.
C) Perform Kegel exercises 4 to 6 times per day.
D) Wear a protective undergarment as incontinence is part of aging.
Ans: C
Feedback: For cognitively intact women who experience stress incontinence, the nurse should instruct the patient to perform Kegel exercises 4 to 6 times per day to strengthen the pubococcygeus muscle.
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