Renal Basics
This is the normal GFR range for a healthy adult.
What is 90–120 mL/min?
Renal insufficiency is defined by this GFR range.
What is 30-60?
This disorder causes hematuria, proteinuria, and edema after a strep infection.
What is acute glomerulonephritis?
This is the most common type of kidney stone.
This is the priority assessment for a patient with suspected AKI.
What is urine output?
•This hormone, produced by the kidneys, stimulates red blood cell production.
What is erythropoietin?
Prerenal AKI is often caused by this issue.
What is decreased perfusion (e.g., dehydration, hypovolemia)?
This syndrome is characterized by massive proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and edema.
What is nephrotic syndrome?
This condition causes urinary urgency, frequency, and burning.
What is a UTI?
This diet modification is important for CKD patients to reduce hyperkalemia.
What is a low-potassium diet?
A decreased GFR indicates this underlying process.
What is impaired kidney function?
This stage of CKD includes a GFR <15.
What is stage 5 or end-stage renal disease?
The nurse is caring for a patient with acute glomerulonephritis. What is an appropriate nursing intervention to monitor fluid balance?
Weigh the Patient daily at the same time.
This condition causes urinary retention and weak stream in older males.
What is BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia)?
This nursing intervention helps manage nephrotic syndrome edema.
What is daily weights and fluid/sodium restriction?
This is the major function of the glomerulus.
What is filtration of blood?
Name one nephrotoxic drug that can cause AKI.
What is ahminoglycosides or NSAIDs?
A nurse is caring for a child diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. What physical assessment finding is the most characteristic of this condition?
This type of incontinence is caused by cognitive or mobility impairment.
What is functional incontinence?
This is a key patient teaching point for preventing UTIs.
What is proper hygiene and hydration?
This lab value rises first in acute kidney injury.
What is serum creatinine?
This electrolyte imbalance is common in late-stage CKD.
What is hyperkalemia?
What glomerular disease is treated with a diet that maintains normal protein levels.
What is Nephrotic Syndrome?
This infection involves the renal pelvis and kidney tissue.
What is pyelonephritis?
This condition may require catheterization due to post-void residual urine.
What is BPH?