Assess/Labs
What renal disorder involves the presence of calculi (stones) in the urinary tract?
What is urolithiasis?
True or false. Do you report laboratory and diagnostic findings to the provider?
What is true?
What medication is used to treat a patient with a UTI?
What is antibiotics?
Dark stools can indicate bleeding caused by which medication?
What is NSAIDs?
True or false. Renal calculi has increased incidence in males.
How do you promote the passage of calculus?
What is encourage ambulation?
What nursing intervention will prevent client constipation?
What is encourage fluid intake?
What can be consumed to alkalinize the urine?
What is lemon or orange juice?
What laboratory test determines the type of calculi?
What is urinalysis?
What is the suggested oral intake of a patient with renal calculi?
3 liters a day unless contraindicated.
Which medication is used to treat mild to moderate pain, fever, and inflammation?
What is NSAIDs?
When you use shock wave energies to break calculi into fragments, what happens to the client's skin?
What is bruising?
Flank pain suggests calculi are located where?
What is the kidney or ureter?
What the three primary assessments to monitor?
What is opioids?
What foods should the client avoid?
What is purine sources, high phosphate foods (dairy products, red meats, bread)
What word refers to the formation of stones in the kidney?
What is nephrolithiasis?
What size stone can be passed without any interventions?
What alleviates pain by decreasing bladder spasms that can result due to renal calculi?
What is oxybutynin?
True or false. Urine does NOT have a fowl order related to antibiotics?
What is false?
- Urine DOES have a fowl odor related to antibiotics.