A patient reports that he has to get up twice a night to urinate.The health care worker should chart that the patient has:
A)enuresis
B)dysuria
C)nocturia
D)polyuria

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Nocturia is the need to urinate at night, which is what the patient is reporting. Enuresis is involuntary urination, dysuria is painful or difficult urination, and polyuria is excessive urination. None of these terms accurately describe the patient's reported symptom.

A Patient Reports That He Has to Get Up Twice