The home health nurse suggests that the patient perform a frequent series of Kegel exercises to reduce incontinence by:
a. increasing the tone of the bladder.
b. reducing urinary retention.
c. strengthening the urinary sphincter.
d. sensitizing biofeedback.
Question 2
To assist an 85-year-old older adult with weak abdominal muscles to defecate, the nurse would:
a. encourage the use of a bedpan before getting up in the morning.
b. place a footstool under the feet of the patient when seated on the toilet.
c. insert a finger in the patient's rectum to stimulate the urge to defecate.
d. instruct the patient to do isometric exercises to strengthen the abdominal muscles.
Critical thinking involves analysis in which the nurse examines patient data available from a variet
Closed urinary drainage system. Urine being measured after it leaves patient’s body via catheter.
The proportion of men and women with elevated blood pressure or taking hypertension medication incre
Instruct the patient to use an applicator to apply a small amount of stool in the appropriate boxes ...
Colorimetric multiplex assay to determine anti-HLA antibodies in a patient's serum.
Three series of overlapping deletions in the A cistron of the rII locus