Risk Factors
Assessment
Labs
Output
Misc.
100
Highest risk for hospital-acquired infection due to the indwelling catheter.
What is the greatest risk factor for a patient with an indwelling catheter?
100
What is an indication of pinkish mucous discharge in the appliance bag 2 days after ileal conduit placement.
What is a normal finding for an ileal conduit?
100
6 to 20 mg/dL
What is the normal range for BUN.
100
Urine is eliminated through a stoma.
What is an ileal conduit.
100
Limiting oral and IV fluid intake to prevent fluid overload and its complications such as heart failure and pulmonary edema.
What is an important nursing intervention during the oliguric phase of acute renal failure?
200
Urinary frequency, urgency, dysuria.
What is indicative of a urinay tract infection.
200
Mild pain in the abdomen or flank areas.
What is an acceptable finding with urolithiasis or kidney stones?
200
0.6 to 1.3 mg/dL
What is normal range for creatinine.
200
Increasing fluid intake to 3L/day to empty the bladder of contaminated urine and prevent calculus formation.
What is an intervention for pyelonephritis?
200
HTN and diabetes.
What are the most common risk factors for a diagnosis of chronic renal injury?
300
Recent history of streptococcal infection.
What is a finding in the patient history indicative of glomerulonephritis?
300
A Na+ level of 110 mEq/L and K+ level of 2.0 mEq/L in a dialysis patient.
What are abnormal lab values for a patient who has returned from hemodialysis?
300
Proteinuria for diagnosis.
What is a diagnosis of glomerulonephritis?
300
Collection of a patient's urine for 24 hours.
What is testing for creatinine clearance.
300
Increasing carbohydrates while limiting fluid, sodium, and protein.
What is a recommended diet for a patient with chronic renal failure.
400
Cigarrette smoking.
What is a risk factor for bladder cancer?
400
Urine output of 250 ml in 24 hours.
What is an assessment finding in acute renal failure?
400
A syndrome where kidney function declines to the point where symptoms develop in multiple body systems.
What is uremia.
400
Urinary incontinence with sneezing.
What is stress incontinence.
400
Assessing the thrill and bruit.
What are assessments for an AV-graft?
500
Cardiac dysrhythmias.
What is a risk factor for patients with acute or chronic renal failure with hyperkalemia.
500
Increased urine output, hypotension, and dehydration.
What are assessment findings during the diuretic phase of acute renal failure?
500
An accumulation of nitrogenous waste products (urea nitrogen, creatinine) in the blood severe enough to warrant renal replacement therapy.
What is azotemia.
500
Osmosis and diffusion across a semipermeable membrane.
What are the physiological processes underlying peritoneal and hemodialysis.
500
Decreased renal excretion of medications and their metabolites.
What are commonly associated with the aging process?
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