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ATI Urinary Catheter Care Questions and Answers, all attempts correct.
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ATI Urinary Catheter Care Questions andAnswers, all attempts correct.
A nurse is assessing a patient's indwelling urinary catheter drainage at the end of the shift and
notes the output is considerable less than the fluid intake. Which of the following actions should
the nurse take first?
-Check the catheter for kinks
-Palpat e for bladder distention
-Irrigate the catheter
-Assess for peripheral edema (Correct Answer) - ✅✅ Check the catheter for kinks
A nurse who is preparing to insert a straight urinary catheter for a male patient should... (Correct
Answer) - ✅✅ Apply lig ht traction to the penis
Which of the following actions should a nurse take when removing a patients indwelling urinary
catheter?
-Pull the catheter out as quickley as possible
-Deflate the balloon completely before removal
-Make sure the patient has void ed within 12 hours after removal
-Tell the patient to expect to feel a tugging sensation on removal (Correct Answer) - ✅✅ Deflate
the balloon completely before removal
When providing perineal care for a female patient who has an indwelling urinary cathe ter, which
of the following areas should the nurse cleanse last?
-The anus
-The labia minora
-The urethral meatus Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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