The nurse has tested the $\mathrm{pH}$ of urine from a patients newly created ileal conduit and obtained a result of 6.8. What is the nurses best response to this assessment finding?

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Because severe alkaline encrustation can accumulate rapidly around the stoma, the urine $\mathrm{pH}$ is kept below 6.5 by administration of ascorbic acid by mouth. An increased $\mathrm{pH}$ may suggest a need to increase ascorbic acid dosing. This is not treated by administering bicarbonate or citric acid, nor by increasing fluid intake.

The Nurse Has Tested The pH\mathrm{pH}pH Of Urine from a Patients Newly Created Ileal Conduit and Patients

The Nurse Has Tested The $\mathrm{pH}$ Of Urine from a Patients Newly Created Ileal Conduit and Patients