The nurse is providing preoperative teaching to a patient with bladder cancer who will have an orthotopic neobladder created. Which statement by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse is caring for a patient with narcissistic personality disorder in a long-term care facility. The patient says that a fellow patient “always talks and thinks about nothing but himself.” The nurse’s experience with this patient has been different. He always seems very humble and self-effacing. Which defense mechanism is this patient displaying?

The nurse informs a patient with a postvoid residual volume that straight catheterization must be performed to fully empty the patient’s bladder. Which rationale is most appropriate for the nurse to provide for this intervention?