A patient who is receiving rehabilitation following a spinal cord injury has been diagnosed with reflex incontinence. The nurse caring for the patient should include which intervention in this patients plan of care?

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Reflex incontinence is associated with a spinal cord lesion that interrupts cerebral control, resulting in no
sensory awareness of the need to void. Total incontinence occurs in patients with a psychological impairment when they cannot control excreta. A patient who is paralyzed cannot perform Kegel exercises. Intravenous fluids would make no difference in reflex incontinence. Limited fluid intake would make no impact on a patients inability to sense the need to void.

A Patient Who Is Receiving Rehabilitation Following a Spinal Cord