Nursing Management: Renal and Urologic Problems Test Bank questions with 100% correct answers

Chapter 46: Nursing Management: Renal and Urologic Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 46-year-old female patient returns to the clinic with recurrent dysuria after being treated with trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) for 3 days. Which action will the nurse plan to take? 2. The nurse determines that instruction regarding prevention of future urinary tract infections (UTIs) has been effective for a 22-year-old female patient with cystitis when the patient states which of the following? 3. Which information will the nurse include when teaching the patient with a urinary tract infection (UTI) about the use of phenazopyridine (Pyridium)? 4. Which finding by the nurse will be most helpful in determining whether a 67-year-old patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia has an upper urinary tract infection (UTI)? 5. The nurse determines that further instruction is needed for a patient with interstitial cystitis when the patient says which of the following? 6. It is most important that the nurse ask a patient admitted with acute glomerulonephritis about 7. Which finding for a patient admitted with glomerulonephritis indicates to the nurse that treatment has been effective? 8. The nurse will anticipate teaching a patient with nephrotic syndrome who develops flank pain about treatment with 9. A 56-year-old female patient is admitted to the hospital with new onset nephrotic syndrome. Which assessment data will the nurse expect? 10. To prevent recurrence of uric acid renal calculi, the nurse teaches the patient to avoid eating 11. The nurse teaches a 64-year-old woman to prevent the recurrence of renal calculi by 12. When planning teaching for a 59-year-old male patient with benign nephrosclerosis the nurse should include instructions regarding 13. A 28-year-old male patient is diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease. Which information is most appropriate for the nurse to include in teaching at this time? 14. A 34-year-old male patient seen at the primary care clinic complains of feeling continued fullness after voiding and a split, spraying urine stream. The nurse will ask about a history of 15. The nurse will plan to teach a 27-year-old female who smokes 2 packs of cigarettes daily about the increased risk for 16. A 68-year-old female patient admitted to the hospital with dehydration is confused and incontinent of urine. Which nursing action will be best to include in the plan of care? 17. A 55-year-old woman admitted for shoulder surgery asks the nurse for a perineal pad, stating that laughing or coughing causes leakage of urine. Which intervention is most appropriate to include in the care plan? 18. Following rectal surgery, a patient voids about 50 mL of urine every 30 to 60 minutes for the first 4 hours. Which nursing action is most appropriate? 19. A patient admitted to the hospital with pneumonia has a history of functional urinary incontinence. Which nursing action will be included in the plan of care? 20. The home health nurse teaches a patient with a neurogenic bladder how to use intermittent catheterization for bladder emptying. Which patient statement indicates that the teaching has been effective? 21. After a ureterolithotomy, a female patient has a left ureteral catheter and a urethral catheter in place. Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care? 22. A 68-year-old male patient who has bladder cancer had a cystectomy with creation of an Indiana pouch. Which topic will be included in patient teaching? 23. A patient who had surgery for creation of an ileal conduit 3 days ago will not look at the stoma and requests that only the ostomy nurse specialist does the stoma care. The nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of 24. Which information from a patient who had a transurethral resection with fulguration for bladder cancer 3 days ago is most important to report to the health care provider? 25. When preparing a female patient with bladder cancer for intravesical chemotherapy, the nurse will teach about 26. Nursing staff on a hospital unit are reviewing rates of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) of the urinary tract. Which nursing action will be most helpful in decreasing the risk for HAI in patients admitted to the hospital? 27. Which assessment data reported by a 28-year-old male patient is consistent with a lower urinary tract infection (UTI)? ............................................CONTINUED......................................................