Exam 34: Management of Clients with Urinary Disorders

For a client with a history of recurrent UTIs who is prescribed an acid-ash diet, the nurse would advise the client to include

A client has an autonomous neurogenic bladder. The nurse plans care for this client understanding that the client

An enterostomal therapist would suggest that the location for a urinary stoma is the

The nurse caring for a man with a mega-ureter should assess for the potential problem of

For a client experiencing urinary incontinence, in the initial plan of care the nurse would include

A client is being rehabilitated after surgery to create a Kock pouch. The nurse should include which information in the client's teaching plan?

A nurse in a long-term care facility has several residents who are incontinent. Which of the following actions can this nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse who is teaching methods of micturition stimulation would stress that the method that may have genitourinary risks is

A nurse is caring for a client with an indwelling Foley catheter. Which intervention takes highest priority?

The nurse explains to a client who is receiving oxybutynin (Ditropan) for control of urinary incontinence that the drug's effect is

An elderly client who lives at home is brought to the clinic by her daughter. The daughter states that the client no longer goes out to shop for herself and so is not eating right. The daughter is worried about the client losing weight and seeming depressed. The client appears slightly dehydrated. The nurse should assess the client for

Nursing care for a client with urinary bladder calculi should include

A client has interstitial cystitis and has had several treatments with instillation of oxychlorosene (Clorpactin) into the bladder. The client is crying and verbalizing frustration with the frequent treatments that seem to do no good. The best response by the nurse is

In a client with a history of frequent urinary tract infections (UTIs), the nurse would note the need for further teaching when the client says "I

The nurse reinforces explanations that the procedure for lithotripsy involves

When the nurse notes that the ureteral catheter is no longer draining urine, the most appropriate action would be to

In caring for a client with interstitial cystitis, the nurse would focus significant nursing interventions on

For a client experiencing urinary retention with overflow, the factor in the client's history that would prompt the nurse to question an order for a cholinergic medication is

In teaching a client who requires a condom catheter for control of incontinence how to properly apply the system, the nurse stresses that part of the correct method for applying the device is to

A nurse working on a rehabilitation unit is caring for several clients with neurogenic bladder. The client who probably should not be a candidate for intermittent catheterization teaching is the