Question 49  The RPN, working in long-term care, reports to the RN that their patient is experiencing increasing confusion, suprapubic tenderness, and increased urinary frequency. The patient is afebrile and reporting no burning with urination. What should the RN's initial response be?   Question 49 options:   Send the patient to hospital because they are at risk for developing urosepsis   Ask the RPN to collect a urine sample   Ask the RPN to increase fluid intake and continue to monitor for 24 hours   Discuss the situation with the patient's nurse practitioner

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The RPN, working in long-term care, reports to the RN that their patient is experiencing increasing confusion, suprapubic tenderness, and increased urinary frequency. The patient is afebrile and reporting no burning with urination. What should the RN's initial response be?

 

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Send the patient to hospital because they are at risk for developing urosepsis

 

Ask the RPN to collect a urine sample

 

Ask the RPN to increase fluid intake and continue to monitor for 24 hours

 

Discuss the situation with the patient's nurse practitioner

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