A woman who is postmenopausal is in the clinic complaining of urinary incontinence and wants to know why this is occurring.Otherwise she has no other complaints.What response by the nurse is best?

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During the perimenopausal and postmenopausal stages,lowered levels of estrogen can lead to atrophy of urinary tissues and incontinence.This is knowledge all nurses should have,so needing to ask the physician is not appropriate.Telling the woman that most older women have this problem does not give the patient any information about why this occurs,which was her question.Because she has no other complaints,a urinary tract infection is less likely.

A Woman Who Is Postmenopausal Is in the Clinic Complaining