The nurse wants to begin helping a resident who is overweight and has urinary incontinence with healthy bladder behavior skills.Which intervention should the nurse implement?

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Healthy bladder behavior skills include scheduling voiding at 2- to 4-hour intervals for residents either independently or with prompting.Beginning a low-calorie diet can be a reasonable approach to urinary incontinence,but the nurse first applies low-cost behavioral techniques.Pelvic floor exercises will help control urinary incontinence.Bladder training involves increasing the time between the urge to void and voiding.

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