NR 224 FUNDAMENTALS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS/ A+ GRADE
Physical assessment of Kidneys
when pt has kidney stones they will have flank pain on their lower back; sides very
tender
Physical assessment Bladder
if palpable not normal bladder is very distended
- can do bladder scan after they void to determine how much they are retaining
Bladder
if palpable not normal bladder is very distended
- can do bladder scan after they void to determine how much they are retaining
urinary retention
an accumulation of urine due to the inability of the bladder to empty
Urinary Traction Infection (UTI)
- a women who does not knot know how to wipe properly
-taking many baths
- using high scented soap
- sitting in their stools or urine for a long time
- in hospital:
not following a sterile technique for cateterization insertion
over flow incontinence
constant leakage of small amounts of urine from a full bladder
stress incontinence
loss of urine with physical exception; couging, sneezing, laughing
educate pt to perform pelvic floor exercises
reflex incontience
neurologic dysfunction, no warning
urge incontience
strong desire to urinate, pt can't get to toilet in time
urinary diversions
- no bladder urethra brought to surface with an opening, or stoma and it gets collected
into pouch
How would the nurse obtain a sterile urine specimen from an indwelling urinary
catheter?
- clamp foley tubing, after urine accumulats
- clean off the port with alcohol, attach a syringe and draw back to get the urine
- never get the specimen from the foley bag
functional unrinary incontience
is incontience due to causes outside the urinary tract such as mobility or cognitive
impairments
common bowel issues
constipation
diarrhea
incontience
Physical assessment of Kidneys
when pt has kidney stones they will have flank pain on their lower back; sides very
tender
Physical assessment Bladder
if palpable not normal bladder is very distended
- can do bladder scan after they void to determine how much they are retaining
Bladder
if palpable not normal bladder is very distended
- can do bladder scan after they void to determine how much they are retaining
urinary retention
an accumulation of urine due to the inability of the bladder to empty
Urinary Traction Infection (UTI)
- a women who does not knot know how to wipe properly
-taking many baths
- using high scented soap
- sitting in their stools or urine for a long time
- in hospital:
not following a sterile technique for cateterization insertion
over flow incontinence
constant leakage of small amounts of urine from a full bladder
stress incontinence
loss of urine with physical exception; couging, sneezing, laughing
educate pt to perform pelvic floor exercises
reflex incontience
neurologic dysfunction, no warning
urge incontience
strong desire to urinate, pt can't get to toilet in time
urinary diversions
- no bladder urethra brought to surface with an opening, or stoma and it gets collected
into pouch
How would the nurse obtain a sterile urine specimen from an indwelling urinary
catheter?
- clamp foley tubing, after urine accumulats
- clean off the port with alcohol, attach a syringe and draw back to get the urine
- never get the specimen from the foley bag
functional unrinary incontience
is incontience due to causes outside the urinary tract such as mobility or cognitive
impairments
common bowel issues
constipation
diarrhea
incontience
