The part of the renal tubules that reacts to aldosterone to regulate water and salt balance.
Collecting ducts
Proximal convoluted tubule
Loop of Henle
Distal convoluted tubule correct answers Distal convoluted tubule
A 56-year-old male suffered ischemic kidney damage following a myocardial infarction two days
prior. After reviewing the patient's lab results, the nursing student knows that the patient's renal
function is improving when the _____________.
serum creatinine decreases
urine has a foul odor
serum potassium increases
blood urea nitrogen increases correct answers serum creatinine decreases
A patient arrives in the emergency department complaining of a kidney stone. Which of the
following is the appropriate nursing intervention?
Offer sedative.
Strain Urine
Withhold pain medications until the stone is passed
Restrict all fluids correct answers Strain Urine
This condition may be asymptomatic early on. However, when symptoms do show themselves, it
is characterized by bacteriuria, pyuria, urinary urgency, cloudy/foul-smelling urine, and bladder
spasms.
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
Acute Renal Failure (ARF)
Nephrotic Syndrome
,End Stage Renal Disease
Glomerulonephritis correct answers Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
A treatment for kidney failure that uses the lining of your abdomen, or belly, to filter the blood
inside your body.
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
Hemodialysis
Autosplenectomy correct answers Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) ____________.
appears with normal CBC in serum electrolyte levels
is the main cause of cystitis
follows five stages of progression with decreasing glomerular filtration rate
is always the result of prerenal kidney injury correct answers follows five stages of progression
with decreasing glomerular filtration rate
A measure of how much blood passes through the kidney's filter in a minute. Measured in
mL/min
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Bowman's Title Volume
Pyramidal Filtration Status
Creatinine Clearance correct answers Glomerular Filtration Rate
The blood-filtering component of the nephron of the kidney.
Renal Corpuscle
Proximal Tubule
JG Apparatus
,Chromaffin Cells
Nephron correct answers Renal Corpuscle
An anatomical unit located at the hilus of the glomerulus. It is involved in the control of renal
blood flow and glomerular filtration rate.
JG Apparatus
Collecting Ducts
Nephron
Proximal Distal Tubule
Renal Calyx correct answers JG Apparatus
Inflammation of the kidney, normally caused by an infection.
Nephrolithiasis
Hydronephrosis
Glomerulonephritis
Pyelonephritis correct answers Pyelonephritis
The renal ___filter blood and the renal ___concentrate the filtrate. correct answers corpuscles
tubules
A nurse is teaching the staff about the kidneys. Which information should the nurse include? The
region of the kidneys that contains the glomeruli is the:
Cortex
Columns
Medulla
Pyramids correct answers Cortex
Pain in one side of the body between the upper belly area (abdomen) and the back.
, Umbilical pain
Bladder pain
Costovertebral Angle (CVA) pain
Flank pain correct answers Flank pain
Calcitriol correct answers acts on the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)
Aldosterone correct answers acts on the distal convoluted tubule (PCT)
Erythropoietin correct answers made by the JG Apparatus in response to tissue hypoxia
Renin correct answers made by the JG Apparatus in response to low BP
Arginine Vasopressin (AVP) correct answers acts on the collecting ducts
Stress Incontinence correct answers Physical exertion puts pressure on the bladder
Neurogenic Incontinence correct answers Caused by brain, spinal cord, or nerve problem
Urge Incontinence correct answers A sudden urge to urinate
Overflow Incontinence correct answers Inability to empty the bladder
Protein in the urine
Proteinuria
Hematuria
Lipiduria