19: Urinary Elimination Questions with

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Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) A 75-year-old client tells the nurse, "When I feel the need to urinate, I cannot hold it until I get to the toilet." Which suggestion would be appropriate?

• "Do not drink any liquids after 6 pm. This will decrease

your urine volume."

• "Make a urination schedule as to when you are incontinent

during the day."

• "Remind yourself to urinate every two hours during the

day."

• "You don't have to tell your health care provider because

this is very

unusual." - Correct Answers ✅Ans: C

A gerontological nurse practitioner is assessing a 65-year-old client. The client has a history of anemia along with intermittent bloody urine.The client denies any abdominal or flank pain, cloudy urine, or dysuria. Based on these findings, which condition would the nurse practitioner suspect?

• Glomerulonephritis 1 / 3

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• Renal calculi
• Bladder cancer

D. Urinary tract infection - Correct Answers ✅Ans: C

A nurse is providing care for a 75-year-old male client who has not voided urine since the beginning of the shift. The client states that this has happened before but he is unable to void even though he feels like he has too. An ultrasound bladder scan indicates that there is 780 ml of urine in the client's bladder. The nurse would suspect which condition as the most likely cause of the urinary retention?

• Fecal impaction
• Prostatic hypertrophy
• Neurogenic incontinence

D. Bladder muscle hypertrophy - Correct Answers ✅Ans: B

A nurse is assessing a 71-year-old client's urinary function.Which finding would the nurse identify as a cause for concern? 2 / 3

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• Testing for stress incontinence yields a few drops of urine

on gauze

• The color of the client's urine is pale yellow
• The pH of urine sample is 9.0
• The urine has a faint, aromatic odor - Correct Answers

✅Ans: C

A 77-year-old client has presented to the primary care provider with a complaint of recent hematuria. Which of the following aspects of the client's history would most clearly signal to the care provider a risk of bladder cancer?

• The client has been a heavy drinker as an adult.
• The client has poor nutritional status and eats a high-salt

diet emphasizing processed foods.

• The client has been a smoker since the age of 15.
• The client has a history of recurrent urinary tract

infections. - Correct Answers ✅Ans: C

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