Urinary Elimination 23

Derfinations

100

dysuria  

Painful or difficult urination

200

glucosuria  

Glucose, a type of sugar (glucos) in the urine (uria)

300

hematuria  

Blood in the urine 

400

micturition

process of emptying urine from the bladder.

500

ureterostomy  

An artificial opening (stomy) between the ureter (uretero) and the abdomen.

Urination

100

The healthy adult excretes about ____ in a day.

1500 mL

200

A diet high in salt causes

the body to retain water

300

decrease in the amount of water in body tissues, which occurs when fluid output exceeds intake

Dehydration

400

frequency of urination depends on (list 4)

The amount of fluid intake, personal habits, and available toilet facilities, as well as activity, work, and illness.

500

Urine normally appears as (color, particles, odour)

pale yellow, straw-coloured, or amber and is clear with no particles. A faint odour is normal.

Incontinence

100

incontinence is a normal part of aging

                      YES/NO

NO

200

What is Urinary incontinence?

Inability to control the passage of urine from the bladder

300

Goal of bladder training

Control of urination

400

Difference b/w bed pan and fracture pan.

• Bed pans are used for who cannot get out of bed but can lift their hips up or turn over with help.
• A fracture pan—commonly called a slipper pan—has a thinner rim and is only about 1 cm deep at one end and made for people with who cannot raise their hips.

500

The different types of incontinence are:

Stress, Urge, Overflow, Functional, Reflex, Mixed

Catheters

100

Another name for in-dwelling catheter

Foley catheter

200

straight catheter

tube that drains the bladder and is removed after one use. It is inserted through the urethra into the bladder.

300

suprapubic catheter

surgically inserted through the abdomen, above the pubic bone, into the bladder

400

Retention catheter

An in-dwelling catheter/ foley catheter is inserted into the bladder through the urinary meatus and urethra. A balloon within the catheter is inflated after insertion, preventing the catheter from slipping out of the bladder.

500

Purpose of Catheter (list 2)

Catheters often are used before, during, and after surgery to keep the bladder empty.

Catheters allow hourly urinary output measurements in clients with critical illnesses.

Catheters are the last resort for managing incontinence.

PSW Role

100

At what level should be the drainage bag to the bladder.

Below the level of bladder.

200

Care measures for a client with urinary incontinence. (List 2)

provide frequent and proper skin care and change the client into clean, dry garments after each episode. Promptly changing wet bed linens.

300

Three type of specimen collection.

Random, Midstream, 24-Hour

400

What you should be reported and recorded when emptying a drainage bag? (List 3)

(The amount of urine measured.) (The colour, clarity, and odour of urine.) (Particles in the urine.) (Complaints of pain, burning, irritation, or the need to urinate.) (Drainage system leaks.)

500

What is an ileal conduit? 

an artificial bladder fashioned out of a section of the ileum (part of the small intestine). Urine drains from the ureters into the newly created artificial bladder and then through the stoma.