An 80-year-old man is newly admitted to a long-term care facility and suddenly becomes incontinent of urine at night. What nursing interventions should be used to help restore self-toileting? (Select all that apply.)
a. Waking the resident every 2 hours and escorting him to the bathroom
b. Leaving a night-light on
c. Discouraging the use of long-legged pa-jama bottoms
d. Placing a urinal at the bedside
e. Keeping the room uncluttered
B, C, D, E
Providing light in an uncluttered room, encouraging clothing that does not impede self-toileting, and making the urinal available increase independence and alleviate situations that make self-toileting difficult. Waking a resident not only disturbs his or her rest, but doing so also in-creases dependency on the staff.
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