prompted voiding

prompted voiding,

a nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as promotion of urinary continence through the use of timed verbal toileting reminders and positive social feedback for successful toileting. See also Nursing Interventions Classification.

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voiding [void´ing]

excretion.

prompted voiding

1. a technique of bladder training in which the patient is instructed to urinate according to a predetermined schedule, usually beginning at intervals as often as one hour to an hour and a half.

2. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as promotion of urinary continence through the use of timed verbal toileting reminders and positive social feedback for successful toileting.