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A nurse is teaching wellness to a church group. How many daily 8-
ounce servings of water should
be encouraged for normal bowel health?
4 to 6 servings
6 to 8 servings
8 to 10 servings
10 to 12 servings - ANSWERS-6 to 8 servings
The nurse is assisting a client in the emergency department who needs to
use the restroom for a
bowel movement. Which option is best?
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Bedpan
Bedside commode
Public restroom
Private restroom - ANSWERS-Private restroom
The nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has not had a
bowel movement for 3 days.
What factors are concerning? Select all that apply.
Client has not eaten for 48 hours.
Client is on bedrest.
Client is receiving an iron supplement.
Client is in a semiprivate room.
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Client took a laxative prior to hospitalization. - ANSWERS-Client has
not eaten for 48 hours.
Client is on bedrest.
Client is receiving an iron supplement.
Client is in a semiprivate room.
Client took a laxative prior to hospitalization.
A client tells the nurse that she passes urine whenever she sneezes or
coughs and it's quite
embarrassing. How would the nurse describe this type of incontinence?
Transient incontinence
Overflow incontinence
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Urge incontinence
Stress incontinence - ANSWERS-Stress incontinence
The nurse is seeing a teenage client with a urinary tract infection (UTI)
at the clinic. The client
remarks, "It seems to me more women get urinary infections than men.
Why is this?" What is the
nurse's best response?
"Because women are more sexually active than men, they are at higher
risk for infections."
"Men have a prostate gland that protects them against urinary tract
infections."
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