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MEDS & URINE COLOR
incontinence
100

An older adult client tells the nurse that they have trouble controlling their urine. The client states, "The urine starts dripping even before I feel like I have to go." The nurse interprets this as:

Relfex incontinence

100

the nurse would convey this statement to the parent of a 3-year-old male child who has not achieved urinary continence. 

Male children may take longer for daytime continence than female children.

100

A nurse is caring for a patient with an enlarged prostate who has had an indwelling catheter for several weeks. A prescription for continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) is written after the patient developed hematuria post cystoscopy. The nurse teaches the patient the purpose of CBI is to prevent what situation?

Blood clots that could block the catheter

100

Red urine

anticoagulants

100

appears suddenly and is usually caused by an illness or temporary problem that is short-lived or treatable. It is usually caused by treatable factors, such as confusion secondary to acute illness or infection or as a result of medical treatment, such as the use of diuretics or intravenous fluid administration. When the underlying problem is resolved, the patient should regain continence 

transient

200

the test that would provide an accurate measurement of the kidney's excretion of creatinine

24 hour specimen

200

The nurse has an order to obtain a 24-hour urine specimen from a client. The nurse would instruct the patient to do this when starting the specimen. 

Discard your first urine and begin the collection after that.

200

A nurse is changing the stoma appliance on a patient’s ileal conduit. Which finding requires the nurse to follow up with the provider?

Stoma is a purple-black color.

200
pale yellow urine

diuretics

200

occurs because of weak pelvic floor muscles and/or a deficient urethral sphincter, causing an involuntary loss of urine related to an increase in intra-abdominal pressure. This commonly occurs during coughing, sneezing, laughing, lifting, changing position, or exercising. 

Stress

300

A client reports to the nurse that after delivering an infant, they lose small amounts of urine each time they sneeze or laugh hard. The nurse anticipates this type of incontinence.

Stress

300

Catheterized clients should drain a minimum of how much an hour. 

30 mL/hour

300

A nursing student hears in report that their patient is receiving a nephrotoxic medication. The student plans care to include what action?

Assessing for kidney damage

300

orange or orange/red

pyridium

300

 a combination of stress incontinence and urgency incontinence and is marked by involuntary leakage associated with urgency as well as with exertion, effort, sneezing, and coughing

mixed

400

The nurse is assessing a client with an older arteriovenous (AV) graft for hemodialysis access in the left arm. The client reports significant pain to the distal left arm. Capillary refill in the left hand is greater than 4 seconds. The nurse should assess for this before contacting the health care provider.

Thrill and bruit.

400

The nurse is caring for a client who has been experiencing nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea for 3 days. The characteristics the nurse anticipates are

strongly aromatic, dark amber

400

What do you look for in a urine assessment?

Color, odor, turbidity, pH, specific gravity, constituents 

400

green or blue/green 

antidepressant amitriptyline or B-complex

400

hronic retention of urine, is the involuntary loss of urine associated with overdistention and overflow of the bladder. The signal to empty the bladder may be underactive or absent, the bladder fills, and dribbling occurs. It may be due to a secondary effect of some medications, neurologic conditions, diabetes, and obstruction or injury

overflow

500

A client with chronic kidney disease reports not being able to urinate for the past 24 hours. A bladder scan shows no urine in the bladder. The nurse document this data as this.

Anuria

500

A client reports frequently experiencing urine loss when moving from the wheelchair to bed. The nurse anticipates what kind of incontinence. 

Functional

500

emptying of the bladder without the sensation of the need to void from damage to the nerves that normally signal the brain that the bladder is filling

relfex incontinence

500

brown/black

levodopa

500

urine loss caused by the inability to reach the toilet because of environmental barriers, physical limitations, loss of memory, or disorientation

functional

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