When establishing a diagnosis of altered urinary elimination, the nurse should first
a. Establish normal voiding patterns for the patient.
b. Encourage the patient to flush kidneys by drinking excessive fluids.
c. Monitor patients' voiding attempts by assisting them with every attempt.
d. Discuss causes and solutions to problems related to micturition.
D
The nurse should assess first to determine cause, then should discuss and create goals with the patient, so nurse and patient can work in tandem to normalize voiding. The nurse should incorporate the patient's input into creating a plan of care for the patient. Drinking excessive fluid will not help and may worsen alterations in urinary elimination. The nurse does not need to monitor every void attempt by the patient; instead the nurse should provide patient education. The nurse asks the patient about normal voiding patterns, but establishing voiding patterns is a later intervention.
You might also like to view...
If the nurse aggressively says to a patient, "Why couldn't you have asked me to give you your pain medication when I was in here earlier?" what feeling is the patient most likely to demonstrate?
a. Anger b. Satisfaction that his needs are met c. Humiliation and worthlessness d. Confidence that his request will be granted
Design decisions evolve while the study is in progress in both qualitative and quantitative studies
A) True B) False
A hospitalized patient complains of acute chest pain, which he rates as a 9 on a scale of 0 to 10. The nurse administered a 0.4 mg sublingual nitroglycerin tablet, and now finds his vital signs to be stable. The nurse's next step is to
a. provide a second dose of nitroglycerin in 5 minutes. b. continue dosing at 10-minute intervals. c. obtain a transcutaneous pacer. d. increase the dose to 1 mg.
List five additional interventions that need to be performed for C.J. and the rationale for the
use of each. What will be an ideal response?