A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is hospitalized. The client develops a UTI and is ...

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When caring for a client with a UTI undergoing urinary tract anti-infective drug therapy, the nurse should monitor the vital signs of the client every 4 hours after administration of the drug or as ordered by the primary health care provider. Any significant rise in body temperature is reported to the primary health care provider because the methods of reducing the fever or culture and sensitivity tests may need to be repeated. The nurse should document the symptoms experienced by the client and assess the client for bladder distension as part of the preadministration assessment before administering the drug to the client. The nurse need not document the client's urine output every hour or monitor the client's respiratory rate in this case.