Multiple Choice
Ten minutes after receiving the ordered preoperative opioid by intravenous (IV) injection, the patient asks to get up to go to the bathroom to urinate. The most appropriate action by the nurse is to
A) assist the patient to the bathroom and stay with the patient to prevent falls.
B) offer a urinal or bedpan and position the patient in bed to promote voiding.
C) allow the patient up to the bathroom because the onset of the medication takes more than 10 minutes.
D) ask the patient to wait because catheterization is performed at the beginning of the surgical procedure.
Correct Answer:
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