NUR 600 - Final Exam | Actual Questions and verified
Answers complete Solutions | A+ Graded | 2026
Updates | 100% correct – St. Thomas University
Signs and symptoms of renal calculi - ANSWER- • Renal Colic (+ CVA Tenderness), intense
flank pain
• Severe pain (+/- Nausea and Vomiting)
• Hematuria, cloudy urine, painful urination
• Urinary retention
incontinence - ANSWER- inability to control bladder and/or bowels
Types of incontinence - ANSWER- 1. Stress
Loss of small amounts of urine from increased abdominal pressure without bladder muscle
contraction with laughing, sneezing, or lifting.
2. Urge
Inability to stop urine flow long enough to reach the bathroom due to an overactive detrusor
muscle with increased bladder pressure,
3. Overflow
Urinary retention from bladder over-distention and frequent loss of small amounts of urine due
to obstruction of the urinary outlet or an impaired detrusor muscle.
4. Reflex
Involuntary loss of a moderate amount of urine usually without warning due to hyperrflexia, of
the detrusor muscle, usually from spinal cord dysfunction.
5. Functional
, Loss of urine due to factors that interfere with responding to the need to urinate such as
cognitive, mobility, and environmental barriers.
6. Total
Unpredictable, involuntary loss of urine that generally does not respond to treatment,
Tests to diagnose incontinence - ANSWER- Urinalysis, Bladder Diary, Post void residual
measurement, cystoscopy, Ultrasound
Treatment for incontinence - ANSWER- -bladder training
-scheduled toileting
-fluid/diet management
-pelvic muscle exercises (stress and urge)
-pharmacological interventions
-surgery
Patient education for incontinence - ANSWER- Urinate only every 3 to 6 hours to "re-train"
your bladder.
Know that consumption of diuretics, antidepressants, antihistamines, and cough-cold
preparations exacerbates urinary incontinence.
Eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains daily to prevent constipation.
Stop smoking (nicotine irritates the bladder).
Patient education for urolethiasis - ANSWER- Limit the amount of salt (sodium) in your diet.
Eat a balanced diet that is not too high in protein. Limit foods that are high in a substance called
oxalate, which can cause kidney stones. These foods include dark green vegetables, rhubarb,
chocolate, wheat bran, nuts, cranberries, and beans.
Treatment for BPH - ANSWER- TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate)
terazosin (Hytrin), doxazosin (Cardura), tamsulosin (Flomax), alfuzosin (Uroxatral), and silodosin
(Rapaflo).
Prostatic Urethral Lift or Water Vapor Therapy
Answers complete Solutions | A+ Graded | 2026
Updates | 100% correct – St. Thomas University
Signs and symptoms of renal calculi - ANSWER- • Renal Colic (+ CVA Tenderness), intense
flank pain
• Severe pain (+/- Nausea and Vomiting)
• Hematuria, cloudy urine, painful urination
• Urinary retention
incontinence - ANSWER- inability to control bladder and/or bowels
Types of incontinence - ANSWER- 1. Stress
Loss of small amounts of urine from increased abdominal pressure without bladder muscle
contraction with laughing, sneezing, or lifting.
2. Urge
Inability to stop urine flow long enough to reach the bathroom due to an overactive detrusor
muscle with increased bladder pressure,
3. Overflow
Urinary retention from bladder over-distention and frequent loss of small amounts of urine due
to obstruction of the urinary outlet or an impaired detrusor muscle.
4. Reflex
Involuntary loss of a moderate amount of urine usually without warning due to hyperrflexia, of
the detrusor muscle, usually from spinal cord dysfunction.
5. Functional
, Loss of urine due to factors that interfere with responding to the need to urinate such as
cognitive, mobility, and environmental barriers.
6. Total
Unpredictable, involuntary loss of urine that generally does not respond to treatment,
Tests to diagnose incontinence - ANSWER- Urinalysis, Bladder Diary, Post void residual
measurement, cystoscopy, Ultrasound
Treatment for incontinence - ANSWER- -bladder training
-scheduled toileting
-fluid/diet management
-pelvic muscle exercises (stress and urge)
-pharmacological interventions
-surgery
Patient education for incontinence - ANSWER- Urinate only every 3 to 6 hours to "re-train"
your bladder.
Know that consumption of diuretics, antidepressants, antihistamines, and cough-cold
preparations exacerbates urinary incontinence.
Eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains daily to prevent constipation.
Stop smoking (nicotine irritates the bladder).
Patient education for urolethiasis - ANSWER- Limit the amount of salt (sodium) in your diet.
Eat a balanced diet that is not too high in protein. Limit foods that are high in a substance called
oxalate, which can cause kidney stones. These foods include dark green vegetables, rhubarb,
chocolate, wheat bran, nuts, cranberries, and beans.
Treatment for BPH - ANSWER- TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate)
terazosin (Hytrin), doxazosin (Cardura), tamsulosin (Flomax), alfuzosin (Uroxatral), and silodosin
(Rapaflo).
Prostatic Urethral Lift or Water Vapor Therapy
