A nurse is caring for a client who has continuous bladder irrigation following a transurethral resection of the prostate. Upon detecting an output
... [Show More] obstruction, which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - Check the irrigation tubing for kinks
A nurse is providing instructions regarding reduced dietary intake of potassium for a client who has chronic kidney disease. Which of the following food selections is appropriate for the nurse to recommend to the client? - One large apple
A nurse is caring for a client who has acute kidney injury. Which of the following laboratory findings should the nurse report to the provider? - serum creatinine 4.0 mg/dL
A nurse is caring for a client immediately following a kidney transplant. The nurse should identify which of the following client findings as a possible indication of a delay in functioning of the transplanted kidney?
-Blood pressure 110/58 mm Hg
-Incisional tenderness
-Pink and bloody urine
-Urine output 30 mL/2 hr - urine output 30 mL/2 hr
A nurse is assessing a client who has chronic kidney disease and has completed her third peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
-Greater outflow of dialysate than inflow
-Weight loss
-Cloudy dialysate effluent
-Report of pain during inflow - Cloudy dialysate effluent
A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a client who has severe chronic kidney disease (CKD). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect for this client?
Tachypnea
Hypotension
Exophthalmos
Insomnia - Tachypnea
A nurse is planning care for a client who has acute glomerulonephritis. The nurse should plan to provide which of the following interventions? - weigh the client daily
A nurse is caring for a hospitalized client who received hemodialysis 1 hr ago. When evaluating the client's status after dialysis, which of the following information should the nurse assess for first? - vital signs
A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic kidney failure and the following laboratory results: BUN 196 mg/dL, sodium 152 mEq/L, and potassium 7.3 mEq/L. Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement? - infuse regular insulin in dextrose 10% in water
to facilitate moving potassium out of the extracellular fluid into intracellular fluid
A nurse is providing education regarding cyclosporine for a client who had a kidney transplant 2 days ago. Which of the following statements by the nurse is appropriate? - you will need to continue taking this medication to protect your new kidneys
A nurse is discussing hemodialysis with a newly licensed nurse. The nurse should identify that hemodialysis is contraindicated for which of the following clients? - a client who cannot receive anticoagulants
A nurse is caring for a client following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for the treatment of calcium phosphate kidney stones. Which of the following actions is appropriate for the nurse to take? - strain all the client's urine
A nurse is performing an admission assessment of a client who has acute glomerulonephritis. The nurse should expect which of the following findings? - dark colored urine
A nurse working in a women's health clinic is caring for a client who reports urinary urgency and dysuria. Which of the following additional findings should the nurse identify as an indic [Show Less]