Urinary
Decreased urine production.
What is olguria?
The process of bowel elimination.
What is defecation?
Normal level is 135-145 mEq/L
What is sodium?
Examples of insensible fluid loss.
What is breathing and sweating?
pH is 7.
What is neutral?
A patient is bladder scanned after urinating and found to have 300 mL of urine in bladder. You expect the physician to order...
What is a foley catheter?
Your patient has been taking a long-term antibiotic. They are at risk of developing.....
What is c-diff?
Normal level is 2.5-4.5 mg/dL
What is phosphorus?
Hormones that help to maintain fluid levels in the body & produce appropriate volume of urine output.
What is Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), Aldosterone and Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)?
Three systems that work together to regulate and maintain acid-base balance.
What is bicarbonate buffer system, respiratory system and renal system?
The type of catheter used for sterile urinalysis.
What is straight catheter (in & out)?
Your patient had a green bowel movement. The reason this most likely occurred is...
What is ate something green?
Normal level is 7.35-7.45.
What is pH?
The 3 functions of water in the body....
What is maintain temperature, transport electrolytes, and protect brain & spinal cord
pH is 7.56.
What is alkalosis?
The physician ordered a mid-stream urinalysis. You know this as...
What is clean catch urine?
These organs get rid of body waste.
What is lungs, kidneys and liver?
Your patient has a low magnesium level. Name other labs that should be checked.
What is Potassium and Calcium?
If this person has diarrhea they are at high risk of dehydration.
What is a child?
The purpose of the lungs removing excess carbon dioxide.
What is decreasing acidity in the blood?
Your patient has a kidney stone and the physician ordered to strain the urine. You know this is because...
What is find the cause and treatment?
Describe how a stoma should look...
What is red, shiny, moist and beefy?
Normal level is 22-26.
What is bicarbonate level (HCO3)?
Your patient has been getting IV fluids at 125 mL/hr for the last 48 hours. You complete your assessment to find distend JVD, edema in the legs and crackles in the lungs. These symptoms are consistent with.....
What is hypervolemia (fluid overload)?
pH is 7.23.
What is acidosis?