NR 304 FINAL EXAM
client is unable to get to the toilet in time due to environmental, psychosocial or physical factors. -
correct answer functional incontinence
client has spinal cord damage and loses urine involuntarily. - correct answer reflex
incontinence
involuntary leaking of urine when coughing, sneezing, straining, etc. - correct answer
stress incontinence
related to neurological condition. - correct answer total incontinence
client voids small amounts of overflow urine with each voiding but does not ever completely empty the
bladder - correct answer urinary retention
clients with spinal cord injuries of T7 or higher may have a life-threatening hypertensive crisis if bladder
becomes distended - correct answer dysreflexia
an infection in the kidney, commonly caused by streptococci/chicken pox that causes damage to the
kidney - correct answer glomerulonephritis
what are signs and symptoms of glomerulonephritis? - correct answer preorbital
edema, oliguria, hematuria, proteinuria (frothy), BP increase, weight increase due to fluid
increase/edema,
can cause acute kidney failure,
when infection travels from the bladder up into the kidney causes infection and possible scarring in the
kidney - correct answer pyelonephritis
, What occurs in prerenal acute kidney injury? - correct answer sudden decrease in
perfusion
decrease blood pressure
sepsis, blood clot structures
what occurs in intrarenal acute kidney injury? - correct answer caused by direct
kidney injury
can cause inflammation, toxicity, necrosis
what occurs in postrenal acute kidney injury? - correct answer enlarged prostate,
cancer, structures, obstruction, renal calculi, pregnancy
What causes pyelonephritis? - correct answer untreated cystitis (bladder infection)
what are s/s for pyelonephritis? - correct answer flank pain, fever, hematuria,
turbidity, cloudy urine, sepsis, RBCs, WBCs, protein,
what are common risks for UTIs? - correct answer being female, pregnant, DM,
elderly
what are signs and symptoms of cystitis? - correct answer frequency, urgency, pain
in subrapubic lower abdomen area, dysuria (pain in urination), WBCs in urine, cloudy pyuria,
What is nephrolithiasis? - correct answer kidney stones
what is a fistula? - correct answer small round opening in anal area a connection
between the infected gland and the outside perineum, can occur with Chron's disease
What is oliguria? - correct answer low urine output, less than 30 mL per hour
