Terms
The need to urinate (void) at short intervals.
What is frequency.
This lab value is the most indicative of renal dysfunction?
What is creatinine.
This is the term used for bedwetting in pediatric clients?
What is nocturnal enuresis.
This is the main result of not performing peri-care with an indwelling catheter is...
What is a CAUTI.
This is the position to place a female client when she cannot assume a dorsal recumbent position.
What is the lateral (side-lying) position.
A sudden, almost uncontrollable need to urinate.
What is urgency.
This lab determines the amount of filtrate formed by the kidneys per minute.
What is the glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
This is the main age-related change with male clients that affect the urinary system?
What is hypertrophy (enlargement) of the prostate.
This is the measurement of a catheter.
What is Fr.
What is the most ideal position to help a male patient in when using a urinal?
What is the standing position.
This is known as < 400mls or urine in a 24-hour period.
What is oliguria.
This hormone is secreted by the adrenal gland that helps control blood pressure.
What is aldosterone.
This is the most common reason female clients lose abdominal and perineal muscle tone?
What are childbearing changes.
This type of catheter is used for bladder irrigation?
What is a triple-lumen catheter.
Inability to fully empty the bladder while voiding can result in....
What is a UTI.
This is known as < 100mls in a 24-hour period.
What is anuria.
The antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is secreted from?
What is the pituitary gland.
As age progresses, patients tend to lose control over this, causing them to become incontinent.
What is the external urethral sphincter.
This type of catheterization carries a lower risk for developing an infection?
What is intermittent catheterization.
What is hydrogen ions.
The medical term for urination/voiding.
What is micturition.
What is blood urea nitrogen (BUN).
This geriatric age-related change is associated with decreased filtration?
What is a decrease in functional nephrons.
This is placed above the symphysis pubis directly into the bladder to allow drainage.
What is a suprapubic catheter.
A decrease in this hormone places a female patient at increased risk for UTI.
What is estrogen.