N5451 Skills Lab > Video Quizzes > Module 13. Urinary Elimination with
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1. The nurse is assisting a client who is immo- To promote comfort and nor-
bilized with a neck injury to use a bedpan for malcy with urinary elimina-
urinary elimination. What is one of the pri- tion.
mary nursing goals when assisting a client
with urinary elimination?
2. For which clients would a fracture bedpan A thin, elderly female client
be the most comfortable choice for urinary with pneumonia.
elimination?
3. What is the most important intervention the Provide skin and perineal
nurse can perform to prevent skin break- care after bedpan use.
down for clients using a bedpan?
4. The nurse is preparing a bedpan to use Client dignity.
for a client post abdominal surgery. What is
the most important concept that the nurse
should remember when assisting a client
with a bedpan?
5. Prior to placing the bedpan under a client's Powder
buttocks, what would the nurse apply to the
bedpan if a urine specimen is not needed?
6. In what position would the nurse place a Sitting upright.
female client who is using a bedpan?
7. What action would the nurse perform when Lower the head of the bed
removing a bedpan following client use? slightly.
8. The nurse is helping to clean a female client Use toilet paper to wipe the
who has urinated into a bedpan. What is the client from the pubic area to
recommended guideline for this action? the anal area.
9. For which client would using powder on a A client scheduled for a urinal-
bedpan be contraindicated? ysis using the urine that will
be collected.
10. The nurse places a bedpan under the but-
tocks of a client and asks the client to roll
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back over on the bedpan. What would be Have the client flex his or her
another method of having the client assist knees and lift the buttocks
with getting on a bedpan? onto the bedpan.
11. The client has had surgery to repair a left Seek assistance from anoth-
hip fracture. The client is asking to use the er nurse to support the affect-
bedpan. How should the nurse assist the ed leg. Turn the client onto
client onto the bedpan? Select all that apply. the unaffected leg to place the
bedpan. Ensure the client's
buttocks are resting on the
shallow rim of bedpan.
12. The nurse places a frail older adult client on skin assessment of the but-
the bedpan. After the client has voided and tocks and coccyx
the nurse has removed the bedpan, what
assessment is necessary for the nurse to
complete?
13. The nurse has assisted the bedbound client Place the call bell and toilet
to place the urinal between the legs. The paper next to the client and
nurse instructs the client to place the penis instruct the client to call when
into the urinal. After covering the client with finished urinating.
the bed linens, what would be the nurse's
next action?
14. Which would be the best choice of a device Urinal
for urinary elimination for a 42 year old male
client who is on bed rest following knee
surgery?
15. The nurse has placed a urinal between the Place the call bell and toilet
legs of a client and instructed him to place paper next to the client and
himself onto the urinal. After covering the instruct him to call when he is
client with the bed linens, what would be the finished.
nurse's next action?
16. The nurse is disposing the contents of the Put on clean gloves, rinse the
client's urinal. What is the correct proce- urinal with water, and dry with
dure for cleaning the urinal? paper towel.
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Complete Solutions
1. The nurse is assisting a client who is immo- To promote comfort and nor-
bilized with a neck injury to use a bedpan for malcy with urinary elimina-
urinary elimination. What is one of the pri- tion.
mary nursing goals when assisting a client
with urinary elimination?
2. For which clients would a fracture bedpan A thin, elderly female client
be the most comfortable choice for urinary with pneumonia.
elimination?
3. What is the most important intervention the Provide skin and perineal
nurse can perform to prevent skin break- care after bedpan use.
down for clients using a bedpan?
4. The nurse is preparing a bedpan to use Client dignity.
for a client post abdominal surgery. What is
the most important concept that the nurse
should remember when assisting a client
with a bedpan?
5. Prior to placing the bedpan under a client's Powder
buttocks, what would the nurse apply to the
bedpan if a urine specimen is not needed?
6. In what position would the nurse place a Sitting upright.
female client who is using a bedpan?
7. What action would the nurse perform when Lower the head of the bed
removing a bedpan following client use? slightly.
8. The nurse is helping to clean a female client Use toilet paper to wipe the
who has urinated into a bedpan. What is the client from the pubic area to
recommended guideline for this action? the anal area.
9. For which client would using powder on a A client scheduled for a urinal-
bedpan be contraindicated? ysis using the urine that will
be collected.
10. The nurse places a bedpan under the but-
tocks of a client and asks the client to roll
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, N5451 Skills Lab > Video Quizzes > Module 13. Urinary Elimination with
Complete Solutions
back over on the bedpan. What would be Have the client flex his or her
another method of having the client assist knees and lift the buttocks
with getting on a bedpan? onto the bedpan.
11. The client has had surgery to repair a left Seek assistance from anoth-
hip fracture. The client is asking to use the er nurse to support the affect-
bedpan. How should the nurse assist the ed leg. Turn the client onto
client onto the bedpan? Select all that apply. the unaffected leg to place the
bedpan. Ensure the client's
buttocks are resting on the
shallow rim of bedpan.
12. The nurse places a frail older adult client on skin assessment of the but-
the bedpan. After the client has voided and tocks and coccyx
the nurse has removed the bedpan, what
assessment is necessary for the nurse to
complete?
13. The nurse has assisted the bedbound client Place the call bell and toilet
to place the urinal between the legs. The paper next to the client and
nurse instructs the client to place the penis instruct the client to call when
into the urinal. After covering the client with finished urinating.
the bed linens, what would be the nurse's
next action?
14. Which would be the best choice of a device Urinal
for urinary elimination for a 42 year old male
client who is on bed rest following knee
surgery?
15. The nurse has placed a urinal between the Place the call bell and toilet
legs of a client and instructed him to place paper next to the client and
himself onto the urinal. After covering the instruct him to call when he is
client with the bed linens, what would be the finished.
nurse's next action?
16. The nurse is disposing the contents of the Put on clean gloves, rinse the
client's urinal. What is the correct proce- urinal with water, and dry with
dure for cleaning the urinal? paper towel.
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