The nurse notes that 8 hours after removing the patient's indwelling urinary catheter,the patient has not voided.Which intervention should the nurse try first to facilitate patient voiding?

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The nurse assesses the patient for a history of voiding difficulties,especially after removal of an indwelling catheter,and asks the patient about successful strategies that facilitated voiding.Patient difficulties often arise from the physical distortion of the urinary meatus and sphincters by the urinary catheter; after the urethra and sphincters return to normal and regional edema improves several hours later,the patient voids.Running water in the bathroom,running warm water over the perineum,and applying gentle pressure to the bladder are suitable techniques to stimulate urination after assessing the patient.

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