Question: What is the term for involuntary urine loss when sneezing?

Answer Choices:
A. Urinary incontinence
B. Urinary incompetence
C. Normal micturition
D. Uncontrolled voiding

Answer: A. Urinary incontinence

Question: Which nursing concern should the nurse plan care for in an older adult incontinent of urine?

Answer Choices:
A. Activity intolerance risk
B. Altered skin integrity risk
C. Infection risk
D. Falls risk

Answer: B. Altered skin integrity risk

Question: How should the nurse document a client’s difficulty and discomfort with voiding during a bladder infection?

Answer Choices:
A. Anuria
B. Oliguria
C. Polyuria
D. Dysuria

Answer: D. Dysuria

Question: Which statement by the nurse would help reduce the client’s anxiety before a urinary diagnostic procedure?

Answer Choices:
A. “We do these procedures every day, so you don’t need to worry.”
B. “I have had this done to me, and it only hurt for a little while.”
C. “Why are you so worried? Do you think you have a tumor?”
D. “Let me explain to you what they do during this procedure.”

Answer: D. “Let me explain to you what they do during this procedure.”

Question: Which of the following describes the term micturition?

Answer Choices:
A. Emptying the bladder
B. Catheterizing the bladder
C. Collecting a urine specimen
D. Experiencing total incontinence

Answer: A. Emptying the bladder

Question: What nursing concern may result from urinary dribbling and embarrassment in an older adult?

Answer Choices:
A. Social isolation
B. Altered adjustment
C. Defensive coping
D. Altered memory

Answer: A. Social isolation

Question: Why should a client with a second-degree burn consume vitamin C daily?

Answer Choices:
A. Decrease blistering
B. Lessen pain
C. Encourage drainage
D. Promote healing

Answer: D. To promote healing of the burn

Question: Which type of catheter is most appropriate for a client that has an obstructed urethra?

Answer Choices:
A. Suprapubic catheter
B. Indwelling urethral catheter
C. Intermittent urethral catheter
D. Straight catheter

Answer: A. Suprapubic catheter

Question: If a catheter is required temporarily to collect a sterile urine specimen, which type should the nurse use?

Answer Choices:
A. Condom catheter
B. Urinary bag
C. Straight catheter
D. Retention catheter

Answer: C. Straight catheter

Question: Which explanation should the nurse use with the client prior to removing an indwelling catheter?

Answer Choices:
A. “I am going to remove the catheter after cutting the tubing and deflating the balloon.”
B. “I will need you to hold your breath when I withdraw the tubing.”
C. “I want to warn you that intense burning may initially occur.”
D. “I am going to remove the catheter after withdrawing the fluid from the balloon.”

Answer: D. “I am going to remove the catheter after withdrawing the fluid from the balloon.”

Question: In what position should a client be placed for a bladder scan?

Answer Choices:
A. Supine
B. Sims’
C. High Fowler’s
D. Dorsal recumbent

Answer: A. Supine

Question: A nurse is preparing to catheterize a female client with an overdistended bladder. Which action should the nurse take?

Answer Choices:
A. Use a straight catheter
B. Insert one catheter to drain and another for continuous use
C. Prepare for a rush of a large amount of urine
D. Insert a larger catheter than indicated for long-term use

Answer: C. Prepare for a rush of a large amount of urine