A 60-year-old client who is on sulfonamide therapy has impaired urinary elimination. She does not want to increase her oral fluid intake because of fear of incontinence. Which of the following nursing interventions would be most appropriate?
A) Inform the client that there is no need to increase fluid intake.
B) Inform the client that increasing fluid intake will not result in incontinence.
C) Teach the client the times to take fluids to maintain continence.
D) Increase fluid intake by 1000 mL instead of 2000 mL to avoid incontinence.
Ans: C
Feedback:
The nurse's responsibility is to help the client overcome the fear of incontinence and to teach her when to take fluids to maintain continence. Instead of telling the client that increasing fluid intake has no effect on continence, the nurse should focus on helping the client with her problems of incontinence. The nurse should instruct the client to increase the fluid intake by at least 2000 mL, instead of only 1000 mL; however, this will not help control incontinence.
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