Exam 20: Urinary System

The nurse is preparing a client for assessment of the urinary system.The nurse would include which of the following assessment techniques in this examination?

The nurse is interviewing a client regarding urinary health.Which questions would the nurse include during the collection of subjective data?

The nurse is percussing over the client's symphysis pubis area and notes a dull tone.The nurse understands that this represents which of the following?

The nurse is admitting a client with constant,severe flank pain,spasms,nausea and vomiting,and oliguria.The client states that the pain was initially intermittent and radiated from the low back to the lower quadrants of the abdomen.The nurse's next action is to:

A teenage girl visits the school nurse to ask why she is getting frequent urinary tract infections.Which of the following questions should the nurse ask the client during this visit?

The nurse is able to percuss a dull tone over a client's bladder after the client has voided 300 ml of urine.The nurse would conclude which of the following is most likely the cause of this finding?

A postpartum client with a difficult vaginal delivery 36 hours ago tells the nurse that she has not felt the need to void much since delivery.The nurse would respond with which of the following statements?

The nurse is interviewing a client who states the presence of urinary incontinence with coughing and sneezing.The nurse would correctly document this type of incontinence as which of the following?

The nurse is caring for a client admitted with an infection of the ureters.The nurse realizes this infection could include which of the following structures of the kidney?

The nurse is caring for a baby with newly diagnosed renal disease.The nurse would anticipate diagnostic tests to evaluate functioning of which of the following sytems to be the highest priority?

The nurse is palpating the left flank area and feels a sharp edge with definite delineated margins.The nurse is most likely palpating which of the following?

The nurse is teaching an adult client who is participating in rehabilitation for bladder retraining.Which of the following amounts of urine would cause the bladder to distend above the symphisis pubis?

The nurse is assessing a client admitted for oliguria of unknown origin.During the admission,the client asks the nurse what affects urinary output.The nurse would list which of the following when responding?

Since returning from surgery the client has not voided for 8 hours;therefore,the nurse determines it is necessary to assess the client for bladder distention.The nurse would palpate for bladder distention with the client in which of the following positions?

The nurse is obtaining a medication history on a newly admitted client with renal dysfunction.Which of the following medication classifications would the nurse note as significant for this client?

During the assessment of a client's urinary system,the nurse learns that the client has painful urination.The nurse would document this finding as:

During the assessment of a client with multiple injuries,the nurse notices a large hematoma located at the left costovertebral angle.The nurse should suspect injury to which of the following organs?

The nurse is preparing an educational session on kidney health for a church group.Which of the following groups would the nurse note to have the highest incidence of end-stage renal disease?

The nurse is preparing to catheterize a client after the client has just independently voided.The purpose of this catheterization would be to:

Draw an arrow to the structure in the kidney that is made up of pyramids and calyces,whose function is to collect urine and transport it into the renal pelvis.