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go.lag

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on: Jul 11, 2018
The nurse teaches a 90-year-old male patient these steps he can take to minimize urinary retention: ensure good fluid intake, massage the bladder area, and run water while he is voiding.
 
  The primary reason for this teaching is prevention of which of the following? A) Urinary incontinence
  B) Urinary tract infections
  C) Constipation
  D) Prostatic hypertrophy

Question 2

A 56-year-old patient with diverticulitis has been admitted to the medical unit. The nurse will most likely document which assessment in the charting?
 
  a. Chest pain
  b. Pain in the upper right quadrant
  c. Pain in the left lower quadrant
  d. Progressive weight loss


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
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Urinary retention puts the older adult at risk for urinary tract infections.

Answer to Question 2

C
Patients with diverticulitis will complain of mild to severe pain in the left lower quadrant.


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