Which nursing intervention would be appropriate for an elderly male client who has returned from having a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) with a three-way indwelling catheter and now tells the nurse he has to urinate?
A)
Retape the catheter to the abdomen.
B)
Irrigate the catheter.
C)
Reposition the catheter.
D)
Deflate and then reinflate the balloon.
B
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