DIAGNOSTICS
What is Professor Jenkins favorite treat?
What is chocolate?
These are the leading causes for End Stage Renal Disease.
What are Diabetic Nephropathy and Hypertension?
This is the first symptom noted on a newly admitted patient of bladder cancer.
What is painless hematuria?
This is Professor Jenkin's favorite coffee at Dutch Bros.
What is White Russian Breve?
These are the two types of Kidney Failure.
What are acute and chronic?
Prior to a patient undergoing plasmapheresis, the nurse should check for this.
What is a signed consent?
Acute Glomerulonephritis often results from following this type of infection.
What is Group A Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (Strept throat/skin)?
When a patient has an Ileal Conduit created to facilitate urinary elimination, where will the urine drain from?
What is an abdominal opening stoma?
True or False: Older clients are expected to have an increased thirst level.
What is False?
True or False: The client with chronic renal failure, the nurse should administer an anti-diarrheal.
What is False?
Folic Acid is given to stimulate red blood cell production.
How many nephrons are in each kidney?
What are 1 Million?
True or False: When discharging a patient with chronic glomerulonephritis, you state that they can return to their normal activity.
What is False?
They need to take frequent rest periods if fatigue occurs.
A. Prerenal
B. Extrinsic
C. Postrenal
What is C. Postrenal?
How many more weeks of school are left?
What is 3 weeks!
When patients take an immunosuppressive medication, the nurse will need to watch for this.
What is an increased risk of infection?
True or False: Following an intravenous pyelogram (IVP), the nurse must decrease fluid intake.
What is False.
The Nurse must increase fluid intake to prevent acute renal failure.
For a patient returning from kidney surgery, this is one of the nurses priorities to complete.
What is assess urine output hourly?
A patient undergoing an Ileal Conduit Urinary Diversion, post operatively the nurse must check the stoma for this.
What is blanching?
This is the functional unit of the kidneys.
What is the nephrons?
What statement suggests understanding of a nurse educating a patient starting hemodialysis?
A. Hemodialysis will restore my kidneys function.
B. Hemodialysis helps to balance my serum electrolytes.
What is B? Hemodialysis helps to balance my serum electrolytes.
A patient receiving contrast dye for an IVP, what does the nurse need to assess?
What is assess for any allergies to seafood, contrast media, cherries, and iodine, assess BUN and creatinine.
What are hematuria, proteinuria, and azotemia?
Or periorbital edema, hypertension, fatigue
What is below the level of the patients kidneys?
True or False: Professor Shae and Professor Jenkins believe each and every one of you are going to be successful.
What is TRUE!
When checking labs after hemodialysis, what is one of the labs that would indicate dialysis was effective?
What is a decrease in potassium?