Published Sep 12, 2009
silverapple14
18 Posts
I need OBJECTIVE CUES for a pregnant woman experiencing urinary frequency for my sample NCP.. Thanx
diane227, LPN, RN
1,941 Posts
I am not sure exactly what you are looking for but here goes: pain with urination, dark concentrated urine, may have a foul odor, may have some low abdominal discomfort, frequent urge to urinate.
Frequent need to urinate, concentrated urine, may be foul smelling, pain on urination, may experience some lower abdominal discomfort, fever (may or may not be present)
Coffee Nurse, BSN, RN
955 Posts
"Objective cues"? Are you talking about S/S of urinary frequency (uh, I can only think of one, and that's the fact that she is urinating frequently), or are you asking for hints about what the goals of a careplan for urinary frequency should include?
The previous poster listed S/S of a UTI, which isn't necessarily helpful for you, since urinary frequency is a normal occurrence with pregnancy.
I'm asking for the observations..
Daytonite, BSN, RN
1 Article; 14,604 Posts
cues are signs and symptoms. you posted this same question last evening on the nursing student assistance forum and i posted an answer for you: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/i-need-cues-423199.html - i need cues!!! for objective cues you need to watch and count how often and how frequently the patient is urinating. look up urinary frequency in a nursing textbook, not just an ob textbook. this has to do with basic nursing assessment of the gu system and does not just involve ob patients or women specifically.
cues (signs and symptoms) can be objective or subjective: