Author Question: The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a female client with a urinary tract infection who has ... (Read 96 times)

student77 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a female client with a urinary tract infection who has been treated with a 3-day course of oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ).

The nurse best evaluates that the teaching has been effective when the client: 1. Increases intake of fluids, especially citrus juice.
2. Practices Kegel exercises on daily basis.
3. Returns within 10 days for a follow-up urine culture.
4. States she will wear underwear made from cotton materials.

Question 2

What is digestion?

a. The mechanical and chemical processes that convert nutrients into a physically absorbable state.
b. The process by which monosaccharides, fatty acid chains, vitamins, minerals, and water pass through the epithelial membranes in the intestine into the blood or lymph systems.
c. The aggregate of all chemical reactions and other bodily functions as they relate to the distribution of nutrients in the blood after digestion.
d. The breakdown of glucose by enzymes.

efwsefaw · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

3. Returns within 10 days for a follow-up urine culture.

Rationale:
It is essential to validate eradication of infection with a follow-up culture that is negative. Citrus juices will not increase acidity of urine and therefore is not recommended when a client has a UTI. Doing Kegel exercises and wearing cotton underwear are both useful in prevention of future urinary tract infections, but they are not the best evaluation of effectiveness of teaching.

Answer to Question 2

A
Digestion is defined as the mechanical and chemical processes that convert nutrients into a physically absorbable state. Absorption is the process by which monosaccharides, fatty acid chains, vitamins, minerals, and water pass through the epithelial membranes in the intestine into the blood or lymph systems.Metabolism is the aggregate of all chemical reactions and other bodily functions as they relate to the distribution of nutrients in the blood after digestion. Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose by enzymes.