Overview
A patient has urinary incontinence (UI). The nurse is unable to determine the exact cause of the incontinence because the client is unable to communicate most needs and responds little to staff and family. This problem is of significant concern because the client has skin integrity and hydration concerns.
1. If the nurse were to conduct research on the causes of UI on this unit, what would be the benefits of a cross-sectional versus longitudinal design?
2. Two other nurses note that they have seen other patients started on the cholinesterase inhibitors (for Alzheimer disease) and had problems with incontinence. What type of research would help to identify any possible correlation between this type of medication and UI?
3. What would be inclusion and exclusion factors for patients whose data may be used when assessing the effects Alzheimer disease medication may have on UI?