NUR 155 STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED!!!
Question: A nurse recognizes that age-related structural and physiological
alterations in urinary elimination occur even within healthy older adults. This is
primarily due to which of the following changes?
Answer: ✔✔ An increase in the volume of residual urine retained in the bladder
after voiding (post-void residual).
Question: During the clinical assessment of a patient experiencing urinary
incontinence, which of the following concurrent findings or contributing factors is
the nurse most likely to identify?
Answer: ✔✔
Perineal skin irritation and breakdown due to chronic moisture exposure.
A restrictive daily fluid intake of less than 1,500 mL/day (often secondary to
the patient's fear of leakage).
A documented clinical history of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs).
The presence of a fecal impaction (which physically compresses the bladder
neck and disrupts normal emptying).
Question: Which nursing intervention represents the standard of care for properly
managing a male patient utilizing an external condom catheter?
Answer: ✔✔ Evaluating the penis to ensure adequate distal blood circulation
exactly 30 minutes after the initial application of the device.
The catheter slips into the vagina during a straight catheterization of a female
client. The nurse does which action? -ANSWER ✔✔Leaves a catheter in place and
gets a new sterile catheter.
, Which statement indicates a need for farther teaching of the home care client with
a long-term indwelling catheter? -ANSWER ✔✔Soaking in a warm tub bath may
ease the irritation associated with the catheter
During shift report the nurse learns that an older female client is unable to maintain
continents after she is senses the urge to void and becomes incontinence on the
way to the bathroom. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate? -ANSWER
✔✔Urge urinary incontinence
A female client has a urinary track infection. Which teaching points by the nurse
will be most helpful for the client? Select all that apply. -ANSWER ✔✔Review
symptoms of UTI with client
where cotton underclothes
The nurse will need to assess the clients performance of clean intermittent sterile
catheterization for a client with which urinary diversion? -ANSWER ✔✔Koch
pouch
Which focus is the nurse most likely to teach for a client with a flaccid bladder? -
ANSWER ✔✔Credes maneuver: apply gentle manual pressure to the lower
abdomen
Which of the following behaviors indicate that the client on a bladder training
program has met expected outcomes? Select all that apply -ANSWER ✔✔Practice
is slow, deep breathing until the urge decreases
performs pelvic muscle exercise
Which of the following behaviors is most representative of the nursing diagnosis
phase of the nursing process? -ANSWER ✔✔Identify major problems or needs
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED!!!
Question: A nurse recognizes that age-related structural and physiological
alterations in urinary elimination occur even within healthy older adults. This is
primarily due to which of the following changes?
Answer: ✔✔ An increase in the volume of residual urine retained in the bladder
after voiding (post-void residual).
Question: During the clinical assessment of a patient experiencing urinary
incontinence, which of the following concurrent findings or contributing factors is
the nurse most likely to identify?
Answer: ✔✔
Perineal skin irritation and breakdown due to chronic moisture exposure.
A restrictive daily fluid intake of less than 1,500 mL/day (often secondary to
the patient's fear of leakage).
A documented clinical history of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs).
The presence of a fecal impaction (which physically compresses the bladder
neck and disrupts normal emptying).
Question: Which nursing intervention represents the standard of care for properly
managing a male patient utilizing an external condom catheter?
Answer: ✔✔ Evaluating the penis to ensure adequate distal blood circulation
exactly 30 minutes after the initial application of the device.
The catheter slips into the vagina during a straight catheterization of a female
client. The nurse does which action? -ANSWER ✔✔Leaves a catheter in place and
gets a new sterile catheter.
, Which statement indicates a need for farther teaching of the home care client with
a long-term indwelling catheter? -ANSWER ✔✔Soaking in a warm tub bath may
ease the irritation associated with the catheter
During shift report the nurse learns that an older female client is unable to maintain
continents after she is senses the urge to void and becomes incontinence on the
way to the bathroom. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate? -ANSWER
✔✔Urge urinary incontinence
A female client has a urinary track infection. Which teaching points by the nurse
will be most helpful for the client? Select all that apply. -ANSWER ✔✔Review
symptoms of UTI with client
where cotton underclothes
The nurse will need to assess the clients performance of clean intermittent sterile
catheterization for a client with which urinary diversion? -ANSWER ✔✔Koch
pouch
Which focus is the nurse most likely to teach for a client with a flaccid bladder? -
ANSWER ✔✔Credes maneuver: apply gentle manual pressure to the lower
abdomen
Which of the following behaviors indicate that the client on a bladder training
program has met expected outcomes? Select all that apply -ANSWER ✔✔Practice
is slow, deep breathing until the urge decreases
performs pelvic muscle exercise
Which of the following behaviors is most representative of the nursing diagnosis
phase of the nursing process? -ANSWER ✔✔Identify major problems or needs
