The nurse wants to begin helping a resident who is overweight and has urinary incontinence with healthy bladder behavior skills. Which intervention should the nurse implement?
a. Begin a low-calorie diet for weight man-agement.
b. Schedule voiding at 2- to 4-hour intervals.
c. Instruct the resident to practice abdominal exercises.
d. Reduce the time between an urge to void and voiding.
B
Healthy bladder behavior skills include scheduling voiding at 2- to 4-hour intervals for residents either independently or with prompting. Beginning a low-calorie diet can be a reasonable ap-proach to urinary incontinence, but the nurse first applies low-cost behavioral techniques. Pelvic floor exercises will help control urinary incontinence. Bladder training involves increasing the time between the urge to void and voiding.
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