The patient is to be catheterized for residual urine. The nurse must perform this catheterization within how many minutes following voiding?
a. 40 minutes
b. 30 minutes
c. 20 minutes
d. 10 minutes
Question 2
Although the patient denies pain, the nurse observes the patient breathing rapidly with clenched fists and facial grimacing. The nurse's best response to these observations is:
a. I am glad you are feeling better and have no discomfort.
b. Where do you hurt?
c. What you are saying and what I am observing don't seem to match.
d. It makes me uncomfortable when you are not honest with me.
Nurses possess a wide variety of experiences which they take into each patient encounter.
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