Patients at risk for utis - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Final Exam: NR507/ NR 507 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pathophysiology Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct |Grade A – Chamberlain Q: renal calculi Answer: Formed by the accumulation of crystalline substances in the urinary tract. A supersaturation of urine with a stone formation of substances. Q: Renal calculi nucleation Answer: Crystals act as nucleation sites, where further crystal deposition can occur. Q: Renal calculi crystal retention A...

how might older age affect GI and GU health? -risk for nutritional deficits: poor diet, living alone, social isolation, not preparing meals, etc -dec appetite, leading to constipation -lots of GI effects associated with many medications -prostate pathologies in older men that may cause obstructions how might race/ethnicity affect GI and GU health? -certain populations at higher risk of diseases that can affect GI/GU health -ex: African Americans and sickle cell disease, alcoholism in Nati...

WGU Pathophysiology Study Guide: D236 Pathophysiology Lesson 1 TO Lesson 11 WGU Pathophysiology Study Guide: D236 Pathophysiology Lesson 1 TO Lesson 11: Pathophysiology Remediation Lesson 1: Homeostasis Concepts 1. Starling's Law of Capillary forces is the force behind the movements of fluid in capillary beds throughout the body. The two forces at work are hydrostatic and osmotic pressures. Homeostasis is achieved when these two forces are equal in the capillary- cell interfaces. When...

BSN 246 HESI Health Assessment Complete Exam Prep (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers |100% Correct| Grade A- Nightingale Q: Which patient reports are consistent with manifestations of bladder cancer? Answer: Visible blood in urine Urge to void 20 times per day Q: A patient presents with gross hematuria accompanied by urinary urgency and increased frequency. Which diagnostic test would be ordered first? Answer: Urinalysis Q: A patient recently dia...

how might older age affect GI and GU health? -risk for nutritional deficits: poor diet, living alone, social isolation, not preparing meals, etc -dec appetite, leading to constipation -lots of GI effects associated with many medications -prostate pathologies in older men that may cause obstructions how might race/ethnicity affect GI and GU health? -certain populations at higher risk of diseases that can affect GI/GU health -ex: African Americans and sickle cell disease, alcoholism in Nati...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) bacterial infections that affect part of the urinary tract, includes the lower urinary tract (urethra and bladder) and the upper urinary tract (ureters and kidneys), lower urinary tract can cause complications such as kidney disease or damage UTI includes Pyelonephritis (Kidney infection, Cystitis (Bladder infection), Urethritis (Urethra infection, Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:01 / 0:15 Full sc...

What is the pathophysiology of type 1 Diabetes? - Answer-It is caused by autoimmune destruction of beta cells in the pancreas. Who is likely to have type 1 diabetes? - Answer-Early onset, younger patients, tends to occur in children, but can have onset in adulthood. Family History is the number one cause of development of type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes always requires insulin. True or False? - Answer-True What is the Pathosiology of Type 2 Diabetes? - Answer-Deficits in insulin secretio...

AANP review Questions and ANSWERS for 2022/2023 Classic ECG finding in atrial flutter. Correct Answer: "Sawtooth" P waves Definition of unstable angina. Correct Answer: Angina is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria. Correct Answer: ACEI Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade. Correct Answer: Hypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD Drugs that slow AV node transmission. Correct Answer: β-blockers, digoxin, calcium cha...

A 5-year-old patient presents to the emergency department with severe dehydration due to viral gastroenteritis. He has signs of shock due to his hypovolemia. Which of the following physiologic responses to shock has the greatest impact on improving cardiac output in the pediatric patient? - ANSWER Increasing heart rate In pediatric patients, tachycardia is the primary compensatory mechanism to increase cardiac output. A toddler has a chemical eye injury. Which of the following is the priority...

At which frequency would the nurse change their gloves? - ️️Between each task By which route can human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) be transmitted? - ️️Needlesticks For which infection are older adults with indwelling catheters at greater risk? - ️️Urinary tract infections (UTIs) For which manifestation would the nurse monitor in a patient with COVID-19? - ️️Dysrhythmias For which reason is consistent nursing care most important in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (...