Urine
The appropriate intervention for your newly admitted client who arrived with a urinary catheter present, after you have determined that the catheter is not clinically necessary.
What is ask if it can be discontinued?
Labs reveal that a client has Acute Kidney injury, with an elevated potassium and creatinine and they have decreased urinary output. The appropriate intervention for the nurse would be to do this
What is place them on a cardiac monitor?
What a diabetic with recurrent UTI's needs to do to prevent more UTI's
What are drink more water and urinate more often during the day?
A reassuring indication that a client with Chronic Kidney Disease is stable
What are lungs clear to auscultation (no fluid in the lungs)?
Teaching the Valsalva maneuver to initiate voiding is indicated for this condition
What is overflow incontinence?
Furosemide is given daily for a client with Chronic Kidney Disease. This is the nurse's primary assessment
What are daily weights?
What a nurse should do for a client with a UTI and a left shift on the WBC differential
What is notify the provider and prepare for the administration of antibiotics?
Normal bruising after a lithotripsy for a kidney stone can be relieved by this intervention
What is applying an ice pack?
After noting that the client's UA was positive for glucose, the nurse should do this as her next primary assessment
What is check a fingerstick blood sugar?
Allopurinol is the drug of choice for this condition
What are kidney stones caused by gout?