Multiple Choice
A postoperative patient has not voided for 8 hours after return to the clinical unit.Which action should the nurse take first?
A) Perform a bladder scan.
B) Encourage increased oral fluid intake.
C) Assist the patient to ambulate to the bathroom.
D) Insert a straight catheter as indicated on the PRN order.
Correct Answer:
Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q4: The nurse is caring for a patient
Q5: A patient who is just waking up
Q6: The nurse working in the postanesthesia care
Q7: An older patient is being discharged from
Q10: On admission of a patient to the
Q11: While ambulating in the room,a patient complains
Q12: A postoperative patient has a nursing diagnosis
Q13: A patient's T-tube is draining dark green
Q13: A patient's blood pressure in the postanesthesia
Q14: In the postanesthesia care unit (PACU),a patient's