F&E
What can the nurse check to assess hydration status
What is daily weights
This type of acid base imbalance can be treated with bronchodilators.
What is respiratory acidosis?
Patients with kidney stones should avoid food containing...
What is calcium, phosphorous, and purines
What is prevent occlusion of the catheter from blood clots.
What lab findings are consistent with a patient who has a UTI.
positive for nitrates
positive for WBCs
this acid base imbalance is caused by hyperventilation
what is respiratory alkalosis
What can the nurse do for a patient experiencing respiratory alkalosis?
Discuss treatment of Kidney stones
What is pain management, FLUID, movement, lithotripsy, or surgical removal
Name a complication of BPH?
What is urinary tract infection, what is hydronephrosis?
name signs of a UTI
burning with urination
low pelvic or flank pain, urinary frequency, urgency
Dark, cloudy urine
How would the nurse assess for Chvosteks sign?
What is tap on the jaw to see if the lips and nose twitch
This acid base imbalance is seen when significant amounts of acid is lost from the body.
What is metabolic acidosis
What is the purpose of straining urine?
What is to catch the particles of the stone to send to the lab for testing
before a patient undergoes surgery the nurse needs to review a few things preoperatively...what are those things?
What is make sure consent for surgery, anesthesia, and blood is signed, labs have been reviewed and are in chart, history and physical and EKG is in chart
This urinary analgesic can be used in the treatment of UTIs.
What is pyridium?
Name 4 things that can cause fluid imbalances
What is diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, burns, trauma, etc.
Why do patients have Kussmaul respirations?
What is Kussmaul respirations happen when the body tries to remove carbon dioxide, an acid, from the body by quickly breathing it out.
What drugs predispose a patient to kidney stones?
what can a patient expect after a TURP procedure?
Hematuria
Urinary incontinence after catheter is discontinued
What hygienic instructions would you give a patient diagnosed with a UTI.
What is complete total course of ABT therapy,
wipe from front to back, void after sexual intercourse
Describe the steps taken by a nurse who suspects a reaction after giving a blood transfusion
What is stop the infusion
Infuse normal saline only
Notify HCP and bood bank
Return all blood materials back to the lab or blood bank
Name 3 signs of metabolic acidosis
comatose state, decreased LOC, nausea/vomiting
Urolithiasis is diagnosed by...`
What is KUB, ultrasound, cystoscopy
BPH can be diagnosed via a cystoscopy, what patient education would the nurse give their client following a cystoscopy?`
What is drink plenty of water, you may feel sight pain and experience minimal bleeding.
State a NANDA nursing diagnosis for a patient with a UTI
What is "acute pain related to infection within the urinary tract."