Med-surg Ch. 68, Care of Patients with Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
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Med-surg Ch. 68, Care of Patients with Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
What biochemical parameter may be decreased during renal failure? - Correct Answer Serum calcium
What is the role of alarms in renal replacement therapy? - Correct Answer To detect an air embolus
The nurse ...
Med-surg Ch. 68, Care of Patients with Acute Kidney
Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
What biochemical parameter may be decreased during renal failure? - Correct Answer Serum
calcium
What is the role of alarms in renal replacement therapy? - Correct Answer To detect an air embolus
The nurse provides care for a patient admitted with an acute kidney injury. Which characteristics of
the condition does the nurse expect this patient to exhibit? Select all that apply. - Correct Answer
Sudden onset
May not progress
Nephron involvement between 50 and 95 percent
What is the role of loop diuretics in the treatment of acute kidney injury? - Correct Answer
Eliminating any retained fluid from the body
Which chemical is directly associated with reduced urine volume in the renin-angiotensin-
aldosterone pathway during an acute kidney injury? - Correct Answer Aldosterone
At a health fair, the nurse is teaching attendees about acute kidney injury (AKI). What statement
made by a participant indicates a need for further teaching? - Correct Answer "AKI is usually not
reversible."
Which pathology may result in acute kidney injury (AKI) from a prerenal etiology? - Correct Answer
Reduced perfusion
What laboratory parameters are decreased in acute kidney injury (AKI)? - Correct Answer Serum
calcium
An important component of the nursing assessment for patients at risk for acute kidney injury
includes monitoring laboratory values. Which alteration does the nurse expect to find in a patient
with kidney disease? - Correct Answer Increased serum potassium
, What statement is related to acute kidney injury (AKI)? - Correct Answer Damage to 50 to 95% of
nephrons results in an AKI.
Which finding in the first 24 hours after kidney transplantation requires immediate intervention? -
Correct Answer Abrupt decrease in urine output
Which problem excludes a patient hoping to receive a kidney transplant from undergoing the
procedure? - Correct Answer Presence of tuberculosis
A patient is receiving a loop diuretic for chronic kidney disease. Which drug does the nurse recognize
as a loop diuretic? - Correct Answer Furosemide
Which instructions would the nurse give to a patient at discharge, following hospitalization for an
acute kidney injury (AKI)? Select all that apply. - Correct Answer Limit the intake of foods containing
phosphorus.
Report a daily weight gain of 2 pounds or more.
Discharge teaching has been provided for a patient recovering from kidney transplantation. Which
information indicates that the patient understands the instructions? - Correct Answer "The anti-
rejection medications will be taken for life."
The nurse understands that which condition occurs in late chronic kidney disease? - Correct Answer
Decreased urine production
What laboratory changes does the nurse expect in a patient with chronic kidney disease? Select all
that apply. - Correct Answer Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
Elevated creatinine
The nurse teaches a patient who is recovering from acute kidney disease to avoid which medication?
- Correct Answer Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
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