A & P
The functional unit of the kidney
What is the nephron?
Painful or difficult urination.
What is dysuria?
Closing the door, excusing visitors, or whatever needed to do in order to give the patient time alone
Will discard this when beginning to collect urine for a 24 hour period in order to evaluate renal disorders
These are used to treat bladder and urethral pain, burning, increased urination, and increased urge to urinate. Can turn the urine a orange-red color (Phenazopyridine hydrochloride)
What are analgesics?
A knotty ball of capillaries
What is the glomerulus?
The absence of urine or urine output less than 100 mL/24 hours
What is anuria?
When providing patient education, the nurse will instruct the patient that cloudy, strong-smelling urine, chills, fever, or pain with urination are signs of what type of infection that they need to report?
What is an urinary tract infection (UTI)?
Sometimes called "water pills", treat blood pressure, fluid retention, and edema in increasing elimination of urine
What are diuretics?
What is Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)?
Urine output of less than 400 mL in 24 hours
What is Oliguria?
Promoting healthy urinary function and flushing the system of waste products by ensuring that the patient drinks eight to ten 8 oz glasses of fluid a day
An indicator of urine concentration, that can be measured with a reagent strip or precisely with a refractometer.
What is specific gravity
Reduce the amount of water in the body, but do not cause potassium loss
What are potassium-sparing diuretics?
This liquid is formed when blood pressure forces plasma, dissolved substances, and small proteins out of the porous glomeruli into the Bowman's capsule.
What is filtrate?
Excessive urination
What is polyuria?
Performing this nursing skill in order to drain the bladder before, during, and/or after a surgical of diagnostic test or when emptying is incomplete after urination
One of the most common ways to collect a sterile urine specimen
What is straight catheterization?
Cause the kidneys to reabsorb less water. The increased urine excretion reduces the amount of water in the body and lower's blood pressure.
What are loop diuretics?
These transport urine to the bladder?
What are ureters?
To start the stream of urine, to urinate
What is micturition?
using CHG wipes on a patient with an indwelling catheter when bathing the patient in order to prevent an urinary tract infection
What is catheter care?
Urine collection method where the client must cleanse the genitalia before voiding and collect the sample midstream.
What is clean-catch specimen?
Help to stop bladder muscle contractions and prevent urge incontinence.
What are antispasmodics?