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A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client following an open radical protatectomy. The client is going home with an indwelling urinary catheter. Which of the following statements by the client indicates and understanding of the teaching?A: I will be able to take a tub bath in 1 weekB: I will change the catheter drainage bag once each weekC: I will use suppositories to prevent constipationD: I will regain my bladder control once the catheter is removed

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Option B

I will change the catheter drainage bag once each week statements by the client indicates and understanding of the teaching

Explanation:

Radical prostatectomy is cryosurgery to eliminate the whole prostate gland and encompassing lymph nodes as a method for men with localized prostate cancer. After surgery, one may be weak and require more rest for 3 to 4 weeks subsequent thou go home.

One will go home with a catheter (tube) to drain urine from your bladder. The aforementioned will be discarded after 1 to 3 weeks. One may go home with an added drain (called a Jackson-Pratt, or JP drain). One will be instructed on how to release it and care for it.