The nursing assistant is caring for an older client in the home who reports recently needing to get up several times per night and urinate. What is the best action for the nursing assistant to take?

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The best next action for the nursing assistant is to report to the nurse that the client is experiencing a recent onset of nocturia so the nurse may further assess the client for possible causes for the nocturia. It is beyond the nursing assistant's scope of practice to review medications or determine whether taking a medication off schedule may have caused the nocturia. Drinking coffee near bedtime would result in insomnia and once removed from the client's system should not cause additional need to urinate. The symptoms of infection-burning and strong odor to urine-would result in urgency and frequency that would occur during the daytime as well.

The Nursing Assistant Is Caring for an Older Client in the Home