Exam 22: Endocrine System and Related Care

The amount of fluid taken in by the client during the 24-hour period is called

You should measure output each time the client uses the specimen pan.

You are recording I & O for a client.At the beginning of your shift you give the client a water pitcher with 350 mL of water.At the end of the shift,you note that the client has 120 mL of water left in the pitcher.You should record 120 mL as intake for this client.

Items that should be calculated as fluid intake include water,coffee,and gelatin.

When collecting a twenty-four hour urine specimen,a sign should be posted over or on the client's bed and in the client's bathroom

To keep a urinary catheter from being pulled out of the bladder,it should be taped to the

You are doing I & O for a client.At the beginning of the shift,you give the client a water pitcher with 270 mL (9 oz.)of water.At the end of your shift,you note that 35 mL of water is left in the pitcher.The client has consumed

Tissue fluid is a watery environment around each cell

Fluid balance means

Regarding age-related changes to the urinary system:

When clients are NPO,frequent oral hygiene is avoided

Urine formation is the complex process that

When testing urine with reagent strips,the personal care provider should immerse the reagent strip completely in the fresh urine sample

Insertion of an indwelling Foley catheter requires

When collecting a twenty-four hour urine specimen,the personal care provider should ask or remind the client the following:

A client who has been ordered "NPO"

Step 1 in urine formation is glomerular filtration.

Dehydration rarely occurs in the elderly as they do NOT move around much.

A client has a catheter,which is draining urine into a plastic container bag.To measure output,you should

The urethra is: