A 26-year-old female is rushed to the operating room after a primary and secondary survey in the emergency department.She was hit by a small truck as she was riding her bicycle through a busy intersection.She has sustained rib fractures and several fractured transverse vertebral processes.Renal injury is suspected.As the perioperative nurse prepares to insert a urinary catheter,she notices blood at the urinary meatus.What should the nurse's next action be?
A) Place a gauze dressing over the perineum after inserting the urinary catheter.
B) Insert the catheter and notify the surgeon.
C) Discontinue the catheter insertion.
D) Insert a latex-free straight catheter to empty the bladder and then remove it.
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