Exam 29: The Child With a Genitourinary Condition

What foods does the nurse recommend the child with acute glomerulonephritis avoid to prevent hyperkalemia?

A 7-year-old child with acute glomerulonephritis has gross hematuria and has been confined to bed.What is the most appropriate nursing intervention for this child?

A parent tells the nurse that her child is scheduled for an x-ray of the bladder and urethra that is done while the child is urinating.What is this test known as?

Which physical assessment technique will the nurse omit when caring for a 2-year-old child diagnosed with Wilms' tumor?

An adolescent male is admitted to the ED with severe acute scrotal pain.When documenting medical history the nurse notes cryptorchidism at birth.What diagnosis does the nurse expect?

What will the nurse caution the parents of a child who has had a nephrectomy that he will have to avoid?

The 6-year-old child scheduled for an orchiopexy shyly asks the nurse,"What are they going to do to me 'down there'?" What is the nurse's best response?

Diuresis has not occurred on a child with nephrotic syndrome after a month on corticosteroids.What protocol can the nurse encourage to bring about diuresis?

The parents of a newborn are concerned that their son's scrotum is enlarged and swollen on one side.What is the nurse's best response?

What is an initial sign of nephrosis that the nurse might note in a child?

What special considerations are related to long-term prednisone therapy in preschoolers? (Select all that apply. )

A 7-year-old child has a BUN of 25 mg/dL.What is the nurse aware this lab value might indicate? (Select all that apply. )

What is an appropriate intervention for the edematous child with reduced mobility related to nephrotic syndrome?

What is it important to assess in a child receiving prednisone to treat nephrotic syndrome?

During a physical assessment of a hospitalized 5-year-old child,the nurse notes that the foreskin has been retracted and is very tight on the shaft of the penis;the nurse is unable to return it over the head of the penis.What action should the nurse implement?

What will the nurse caring for a newborn with exstrophy of the bladder include in the care? (Select all that apply. )

A 5-year-old boy is admitted to the hospital with acute glomerulonephritis.In taking the child's history,what does the nurse recognize as the probable cause?

The nurse is providing information to parents of a child born with bilateral cryptorchidism.What information is accurate to include?

The nurse is measuring output on an infant on the pediatric unit.When weighing the diaper and subtracting the weight of the dry diaper,the nurse records 30 g and documents this as _________ mL.

Which urinary diversion procedure is the least damaging to the body image of the adolescent?