The nurse used the Geriatric Self-Efficacy Index
for Urinary Incontinence (GSE-UI) to assess Ms. Spencer’s
confidence, or self-efficacy, in her ability to control
her urinary symptoms. The GSE-UI asks patients
to score their confidence in 12 areas from 0 to 10,
where 0 represents no confidence and 10 represents
extreme confidence. Ms. Spencer’s initial results
showed that she lacked confidence in her ability
to hold urine