Foundations Flashcards
What drugs do you want to avoid sudden position changes and is used to treat mild stress incontinence due to side effect urinary retention?
Imipramine (Tofranil)
Antispasmodic, take on empty stomach, avoid ETOH, cause photophobia.
Oxybutynin Chloride (Ditropan)
Supportive tissue between a woman’s bladder and vaginal wall weakens and stretches, allowing the bladder to bulge into the vagina.
Cystocele
Prolapse of the female urethra into the vagina, weakening of the tissues that hold the urethra in place causing it to move and put pressure on vagina, leading it to descent down..
Urethrocele
Two client teachings for bladder incontinence and retention?
Behavioral techniques and pelvic floor muscle exercises (Kegel)
Who is more likely to experience urinary retention?
Men because of the prostate
Who are likely candidates for voluntary urinary retention?
Nurses
Clinical manifestation: a distended bladder can result in the ability of the vesicoureteral junction to prevent backflip of urine into the ureters leading to hydronephrosis (fluid in kidney) when can impair kidney function and cause acute renal failure.
Urinary retention