Question

A client is being discharged home after an open radical prostatectomy. Which statement indicates a need for further teaching?

1. "I will try to drink lots of water."2. "I will try to walk in my driveway twice a day."3. "I will wash around my catheter twice a day."4. "If I get constipated, I will use a suppository."

Answer 1

4. "If I get constipated, I will use a suppository."

Step-by-step explanation:

A suppository is another way to deliver a drug. It's a small, round or cone-shaped object that you put in your body, and once it's inside, it melts or dissolves and releases its medication. It is not used to help with constipation.

Answer 2

"If I get constipated, I will use a suppository".

Step-by-step explanation:

Open radially prostatectomy may be defined as the surgical removal of the prostate. The prostate is removed due to some infection or in case of prostate cancer.

After the prostate removal the individual should be kept on low diets. The heavy diet may cause constipations and severe problems in the stomach of the patient. The statement that in case of constipation, the individual takes suppository clearly indicates the further teaching about the diet after the prostate cancer.

Thus, the correct answer is option (4).