Exam 40: Urologic Disorders

The nurse is collecting data from a hospital patient who has been admitted with pyelonephritis.He is acutely ill with a high fever,chills,nausea,and vomiting.He also has severe pain in the flank area.The primary goal of his treatment is to:

The nurse explains to a 10-year-old boy who wants to give his kidney to his grandfather that kidney donors must be at least how many years old?

The nurse caring for a patient after urinary diversion surgery will add the postoperative assessments of:

Because the urine test for ___________ is not influenced by diet,hydration,or liver function,it is a good measurement of renal function:

The nurse caring for a patient who had a ureteral catheter in place after the removal of a kidney stone would focus care on:

The nurse explains that the autoimmune disease of acute glomerulonephritis is most usually caused by:

When the 16-year-old patient with acute glomerulonephritis complains of boredom with bedrest and asks when he can become more active,the nurse states that bedrest will continue until:

When the patient comes to the medical clinic with complaints of urgency,frequency,pain in the area of the symphysis pubis,and dark cloudy urine,the nurse suspects that this patient has:

Patients with chronic renal failure who are receiving dialysis are prone to injury because of:

As the nurse assesses the patient with renal impairment,a facial characteristic that is a sign of fluid retention is:

Erythropoietin is a hormone produced by the kidney.When the patient in chronic renal failure has a deficiency of erythropoietin,it will result in:

The patient has a nephrostomy tube that has been inserted because of an obstruction in the ureter.Special precautions in the care of the nephrostomy tube include: