Exam 42: Nursing Management: Renal and Urological Problems

The nurse determines that further instruction is needed for a patient with interstitial cystitis when the patient says which of the following?

A 28-year-old male patient is diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease.Which information is most appropriate for the nurse to include in teaching at this time?

A 55-year-old woman admitted for shoulder surgery asks the nurse for a perineal pad,stating that laughing or coughing causes leakage of urine.Which intervention is most appropriate to include in the care plan?

A 58-year-old male patient who weighs 242 lb (110 kg)undergoes a nephrectomy for massive kidney trauma due to a motor vehicle crash.Which postoperative assessment finding is most important to communicate to the surgeon?

Which action will the nurse anticipate taking for an otherwise healthy 50-year-old who has just been diagnosed with Stage 1 renal cell carcinoma?

A 63-year-old male patient had a cystectomy with an ileal conduit yesterday.Which new assessment data is most important for the nurse to communicate to the physician?

It is most important that the nurse ask a patient admitted with acute glomerulonephritis about

Which information from a patient who had a transurethral resection with fulguration for bladder cancer 3 days ago is most important to report to the health care provider?

A 56-year-old female patient is admitted to the hospital with new onset nephrotic syndrome.Which assessment data will the nurse expect?

After a ureterolithotomy,a female patient has a left ureteral catheter and a urethral catheter in place.Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care?

Which finding by the nurse will be most helpful in determining whether a 67-year-old patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia has an upper urinary tract infection (UTI)?

A 68-year-old male patient who has bladder cancer had a cystectomy with creation of an Indiana pouch.Which topic will be included in patient teaching?

When preparing a female patient with bladder cancer for intravesical chemotherapy,the nurse will teach about

A 58-year-old male patient who is diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome has ascites and 4+ leg edema.Which nursing diagnosis is a priority for the patient?

Which information about a patient with Goodpasture syndrome requires the most rapid action by the nurse?

A patient has been diagnosed with urinary tract calculi that are high in uric acid.Which foods will the nurse teach the patient to avoid (select all that apply)? 2.

A patient who had surgery for creation of an ileal conduit 3 days ago will not look at the stoma and requests that only the ostomy nurse specialist does the stoma care.The nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of

After change-of-shift report,which patient should the nurse assess first?

A 76-year-old with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)is agitated and confused,with a markedly distended bladder.Which intervention prescribed by the health care provider should the nurse implement first?

A patient in the urology clinic is diagnosed with monilial urethritis.Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care?