Grab Bag
The reverse or upward flow of urine toward the renal pelvis and kidney.
What is Reflux?
RENAL STRUCTURES INVOLVED WITH PYELONEPHRITIS
WHAT ARE RENAL CALYCES, PELVIS & MEDULLA?
WBC count of 16.5 mm3
What is an infection?
Clinical manifestations associated with Glomerulonephritis.
What is hematuria, proteinuria, periorbital edema, fever, & hypertension?
MEDS USED TO TREAT BOTH DISORDERS.
WHAT ARE CORTICOSTEROIDS, ANALGESICS, ANTIBIOTICS?
Fluid retention assessment.
What are daily weights?
Name 3 risk factors for a UTI
What is uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, diaphragm use (spermicide), history of UTI, being sexually active, female gender, estrogen deficiency?
Risk factors for pyelonephritis.
WHAT IS OLDER MEN /PROSTATE PROBLEMS, HX OF CYSTITIS, DIABETES, HTN, BLADDER TUMORS, UROLETHIASIS, SPINAL CORD INJURY?
TEST TO SHOW STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES
WHAT IS KUB?
Risk factors for Glomerulonephritis.
WHAT IS VASCULAR INJURY, NEPHROTOXIC DRUGS, IMMUNE DISORDERS (SLE/STREP), HIGH PROTEIN/SALT DIET, & GBS?
The following fruit should not be included in a client with glomerulonephritis
A.apple
B.orange
C.banana
D.strawberries
What is banana?
This type of activity is indicated until the inflammation subsides, urinary flow increased and as long as client has hematuria or proteinuria
What is bed rest?
Avoiding cigarette smoking can help prevent this disorder.
What is bladder cancer?
THE PRIMARY S/S OF PYELONEPHRITIS.
WHAT ARE COSTOVERTEBRAL TENDERNESS AND FLANK PAIN?
COMMON ASSOCIATED SERUM LABS FOR BOTH GLOMERULONEPHRITIS & Pyelonephritis.
WHAT ARE ELEVATED BUN/CR, ESR, WBC's, BACTERIA?
Changes to potassium, magnesium, & sodium with glomerulonephritis.
WHAT IS ELEVATED POTASSIUM AND MAGNESIUM & DECREASED SODIUM?
FLUID RESTRICTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISORDER
WHAT IS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS?
This medication relieves the pain and burning with urinating.
What is Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride (Pyridium)?
An early sign of this disease associated with protein spillage or microalbuminuria in the urine.
What is Diabetic Nephropathy?
This organism is the most common cause of UTI & pyelonephritis.
What is Escherichia Coli.?
TEST SHOWING GLOMERULAR SCLEROSIS
WHAT IS KIDNEY BIOPSY?
Fluid volume excess or deficit with Glomerulonephritis?
FVE
POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS OF GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
WHAT ARE ARF, UREMIA, PULMONARY EDEMA, CHF, PERICARDITIS, ANEMIA?
The main interventions for a patient diagnosed with pyelonephritis.
What are analgesics, antibiotics, force fluids, empty bladder every 2 hours, urine cultures, and bed rest?
In this disorder, the kidney enlarges as urine collects in the pelvis and kidney tissue.
What is Hydronephrosis?
A client has a recurrent infection of the kidney that results in progressive inflammation, leading to tubule destruction. The nurse monitors the client for possible _________ based on a medical diagnosis of ___________.
What is kidney failure & pyelonephritis?
A thin tube with a light and camera attached that can be inserted through the urethra in the bladder.
What is cystoscopy?
A client has been admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute glomerulonephritis. During history-taking the nurse first asks the client about a recent history of:
A. bleeding ulcer
B. deep vein thrombosis
C. myocardial infarction
D. streptococcal infection
What is a Streptococcal infection?
MEDICAL INTERVENTION TO FILTER OUT ANTIBODIES IN GLOMERULONEPHRITIS.
WHAT IS PLASMAPHORESIS IN GLOMERULONEPHRITIS?
A client with glomerulonephritis is having slurred speech, ataxia and tremors. These findings indicate ______.
What is uremia?