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The nurse is visiting the patient who has a nursing diagnosis of Alteration in urinary elimination, retention. On assessment, the nurse anticipates that this patient will exhibit which of the following symptoms?
 
  a. Severe flank pain and hematuria
  b. Pain and burning on urination
  c. A loss of the urge to void
  d. A feeling of pressure and voiding of small amounts

Question 2

During the eighteenth-century British regime, which of the following was the main health reason for the increased need for health care facilities in the British colonies?
 
  a. Scurvy
  b. Bubonic plague
  c. Increased birth rate
  d. Infectious diseases



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Answer to Question 1

D

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A Severe flank pain and hematuria are supporting data for an upper UTI (pyelonephritis).
B Pain and burning on urination are symptoms of a lower UTI (such as a bladder infection).
C Supportive data for reflex incontinence would include a loss of the urge to void.
D With urinary retention, urine continues to collect in the bladder, stretching its walls and causing feelings of pressure, discomfort, tenderness over the symphysis pubis, restlessness, and diaphoresis. The sphincter temporarily opens to allow a small volume of urine (<75 discomfort.

Answer to Question 2

D

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A Scurvy was not the main health reason for increased health care facilities.
B Bubonic plague was not the main health reason for increased health care facilities.
C The increasing birth rate had nothing to do with an increased need for health care facilities.
D Infectious diseases carried by immigrants and travelers spread rapidly in the British colonies, creating a need for more health care facilities.



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