This medication has been known to change the quantity of urinary output
What is a diuretic
100
A medical diagosis that presents with: bilateral flank pain. Pain management is usually a priority in the nursing care plan, followed by hydration
What is nephrolithiasis or kidney stones
100
This device may be indicated for relief in patients with urinary retention
What is a foley catheter
100
The second leading cause of CKD in the US
What is hypertension
200
LASIX WORKS HERE BY INHIBITING THE PROCESS WATER AND SODIUM REABORSTION
LOOP OF HENLY
200
This term used to describe painful urination and may indicate a UTI
What is dysuria
200
A patient admitted with K+ of 6.9. The nurse knows that the only medication that will aid in excreting potassium out of the body is
What is Kayexalate
200
This device is inserted directly into renal pelvis in the presence of ureter obstruction
What is a nephrostomy tube
200
The following presentations: volume overload,
pericarditis, hyperkalemia, life-threatening acidosis, are classic indication for
What is dialysis
300
25% OF YOUR CARDIAC OUTPUT IS FILTERED IN THIS PART OF THE KIDNEY
What is GLOMERULUS
300
This term is used to describe the process of voiding large volume of urine at once and can be indicative of diabetes insupidus
What is Polyuria
300
Your patient presents with the following: hypotentsion, BUN of 48, Creatinine of 3.5, vomiting/diarrhea x 4days, no past medical hx.
This patient is likely in what phase renal failure?
What is Azotemia or Prerenal
300
Post Transurethral Resection Of The Prostate (TURP) the use of this device is ordered in attempt to prevent clot formation
What is CBI or Murphy drip
300
A Progressive, irreversible destruction of the nephrons in both kidneys
What is chronic kidney failure
400
LOW BLOOD PERFUSION TRIGGERS THE PRODUCTION THIS PRODUCTS --- THUS INITIATING THE RAAS PROCESS
What is RENIN
400
During a urinary system physical assessment, you note pain with pressure and fist percussion at the kidney area. This positive finding may suggest pyelonephrities
What is a positive costoverterbral angle (CVA)tenderness
400
A patient with no past medical hx who has been taking NSAIDs for the past 6months for chronic back pain, presents with BUN/Cr of 35/1.8, b/p of 179/99, and c/o intermittient abd pain. the nurse suspects that the kidneys has lost the ability to produce
What is Prostaglandins
400
This device used to meausure urine residual
What is a bladder scanner
400
Any condition that causes direct damage to the renal tissue resulting in malfunctioning of nephrons
What is Intrarenal failure
500
This unit is composed of the bladder, bladder neck, urethra, pelvic floor muscles
Normal voluntary control of this unit is called continence
What is URETHROVESICAL UNIT FUNCTION
500
The positive findings of this test in a UA may suggest the presence of gram negative bacteria
What is nitrite
500
At dekalb Medical, a diabetic patient who is on this ______ medication for sugar control has just completed CT of the Abd and Pelvis with IV/PO contrast. The nurse knows to hold this particular oral hypoglycemic agent ___________for 48 to 72hrs
What is Metformin
500
These catheters are prone to poor drainage due mechanical obstructions of the catheter tip in the bladder
What is a Suprapubic catheters
500
what is stage of renal disease when your GFR is 28 mL/min/1.73 m2