A Patient Requests the Nurse's Assistance to the Bedside Commode

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient requests the nurse's assistance to the bedside commode and becomes frustrated when unable to void in front of the nurse.The nurse understands that the patient is unable to void for which reason?

• A)Anxiety can make it difficult for abdominal and perineal muscles to relax enough to void.
• B)The patient does not recognize the physiological signals that indicate a need to void.
• C)The patient is lonely,and calling the nurse in under false pretenses is a way to get attention.
• D)The patient is not drinking enough fluids to produce adequate urine output.

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Definitions:

Grand Mal

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Glutamate Receptors

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