NSG 3100 ALL CORE REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What can be indicated for a patient with anuria or oliguria? - ✔✔Dialysis
✔✔What is the difference between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis? -
✔✔Hemodialysis takes the patient blood and has it flow through filters of a machine and
ultra-filtrate
Peritoneal dialysis uses the abdominal cavity in the membrane for exchange of fluid and
molecules
✔✔What is the goal of dialysis? - ✔✔To remove toxins, maintains fluids, electrolytes,
and acid-base balance.
✔✔Causes of Urinary Retention - ✔✔Prostatic
Hypertrophy
Surgery
Some Medications
✔✔Causes of Chronic Urinary Retention: - ✔✔Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
Multiple Sclerosis
Urethral or Perneal Trauma
✔✔Most frequent healthcare associated infections is: - ✔✔UTI, and indwelling catheters
caused 80% of these
✔✔Food and Beverages that affects urine are: - ✔✔Spicy food
Carbonated beverages
Acidic food and drinks
Caffeine
Alcohol Beverages
,✔✔What are the expected characteristics of urine? - ✔✔pale yellow color
Clear
pH = 6
no glucose
✔✔what preparation is necessary for an intravenous pyelogram (IVP)? - ✔✔the patient
is NPO 8 to 12 hours before and may need a laxative or enema to empty bowels
✔✔pregnant women should not have tests with: - ✔✔the use of radiographs and
contrast dyes are contraindicated for pregnant patients
✔✔Indicate which of the following is (are) expected with cystoscopy. SATA
a) a biopsy may be performed
b) the patient is NPO for 8 to 12 hours
before
C) the test will take Ito 2 hours
d) an urge to void may be felt
e) bladder puncture occurs frequently
f) urine may be pink-tinged for several days after procedure - ✔✔a) a biopsy may be
performed
b) the patient is NPO for 8 to 12 hours before
d) an urge to void may be felt f)urine may be pink-tinged for several days after
procedure
✔✔Identify what the following can do to the appearance of a patients Urine:
1) beets and blackberries
2) Warfarin
3) Liver failure - ✔✔1) beets and blackberries can turn urine pink or red
2) Warfarin can turn urine red
3) Liver failure can turn urine brown or tea color
✔✔Determine whether the following findings from the physical assessment of the
urinary system are expected or unexpected:
1) distention over the suprapubic area
2) bruit heard over the left renal cavity
3) discomfort on percussion of the kidney
4) soft abdomen
5) bilateral ecchymosis to the lower abdominal quadrants
6) absence of indention and scarring - ✔✔1) unexpected
2) unexpected
3) unexpected
4) expected
5) Unexpected
6) expected
, ✔✔Indicate how the following influence urinary elimination:
a) dehydration
b) diuretics
c) paraplegia
d) renal calculi - ✔✔a) dehydration- reduces urinary output
b) diuretics- increased urinary output and loss of electrolytes
c) paraplegia- loss of sensation and muscle
d) renal calculi- possible obstruction of urinary flow
✔✔The patient with an enlarged prostate may exhibit which signs and symptoms? -
✔✔Urinary frequency
hesitancy
retention
feeling of bladder fullness
pressure or pain
✔✔As the nurse you are providing care for clients who have continuous bladder
leakage as a complication to illnesses such as enlarged prostate, multiple sclerosis,
Parkinson's disease which leads to an inability to empty the bladder completely. The
nurse would be correct to document this type of incontinence as - ✔✔Overflow
✔✔The nurse is instructing a female client on how to cleanse the perineum before
collecting a clean catch urine specimen for culture and sensitivity. What should the
nurse instruct this client to do? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Use all towelettes provided.
Clean the perineal area from front to back.
Use each towelette once, and discard.
✔✔A client is scheduled for a nuclear imaging test. What should the nurse instruct the
client about this test? - ✔✔A radioisotope will be injected to determine organ functioning
as being either hot or cold.
✔✔A client is having a lumbar puncture. In which position should the nurse place the
client? - ✔✔Lateral with head bent toward the chest and knees flexed onto the
abdomen
✔✔The nurse needs to obtain a sputum specimen from a client. What should the nurse
have the client do? - ✔✔Cough to bring up secretions
✔✔A nurse is providing patient teaching to a client who has been diagnosed with
urinary incontinence. The nurse would be appropriate to educate the client to perform
exercises to strengthen the muscles and sphincters which control urine flow. The name
of the these exercises is - ✔✔Kegel
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What can be indicated for a patient with anuria or oliguria? - ✔✔Dialysis
✔✔What is the difference between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis? -
✔✔Hemodialysis takes the patient blood and has it flow through filters of a machine and
ultra-filtrate
Peritoneal dialysis uses the abdominal cavity in the membrane for exchange of fluid and
molecules
✔✔What is the goal of dialysis? - ✔✔To remove toxins, maintains fluids, electrolytes,
and acid-base balance.
✔✔Causes of Urinary Retention - ✔✔Prostatic
Hypertrophy
Surgery
Some Medications
✔✔Causes of Chronic Urinary Retention: - ✔✔Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
Multiple Sclerosis
Urethral or Perneal Trauma
✔✔Most frequent healthcare associated infections is: - ✔✔UTI, and indwelling catheters
caused 80% of these
✔✔Food and Beverages that affects urine are: - ✔✔Spicy food
Carbonated beverages
Acidic food and drinks
Caffeine
Alcohol Beverages
,✔✔What are the expected characteristics of urine? - ✔✔pale yellow color
Clear
pH = 6
no glucose
✔✔what preparation is necessary for an intravenous pyelogram (IVP)? - ✔✔the patient
is NPO 8 to 12 hours before and may need a laxative or enema to empty bowels
✔✔pregnant women should not have tests with: - ✔✔the use of radiographs and
contrast dyes are contraindicated for pregnant patients
✔✔Indicate which of the following is (are) expected with cystoscopy. SATA
a) a biopsy may be performed
b) the patient is NPO for 8 to 12 hours
before
C) the test will take Ito 2 hours
d) an urge to void may be felt
e) bladder puncture occurs frequently
f) urine may be pink-tinged for several days after procedure - ✔✔a) a biopsy may be
performed
b) the patient is NPO for 8 to 12 hours before
d) an urge to void may be felt f)urine may be pink-tinged for several days after
procedure
✔✔Identify what the following can do to the appearance of a patients Urine:
1) beets and blackberries
2) Warfarin
3) Liver failure - ✔✔1) beets and blackberries can turn urine pink or red
2) Warfarin can turn urine red
3) Liver failure can turn urine brown or tea color
✔✔Determine whether the following findings from the physical assessment of the
urinary system are expected or unexpected:
1) distention over the suprapubic area
2) bruit heard over the left renal cavity
3) discomfort on percussion of the kidney
4) soft abdomen
5) bilateral ecchymosis to the lower abdominal quadrants
6) absence of indention and scarring - ✔✔1) unexpected
2) unexpected
3) unexpected
4) expected
5) Unexpected
6) expected
, ✔✔Indicate how the following influence urinary elimination:
a) dehydration
b) diuretics
c) paraplegia
d) renal calculi - ✔✔a) dehydration- reduces urinary output
b) diuretics- increased urinary output and loss of electrolytes
c) paraplegia- loss of sensation and muscle
d) renal calculi- possible obstruction of urinary flow
✔✔The patient with an enlarged prostate may exhibit which signs and symptoms? -
✔✔Urinary frequency
hesitancy
retention
feeling of bladder fullness
pressure or pain
✔✔As the nurse you are providing care for clients who have continuous bladder
leakage as a complication to illnesses such as enlarged prostate, multiple sclerosis,
Parkinson's disease which leads to an inability to empty the bladder completely. The
nurse would be correct to document this type of incontinence as - ✔✔Overflow
✔✔The nurse is instructing a female client on how to cleanse the perineum before
collecting a clean catch urine specimen for culture and sensitivity. What should the
nurse instruct this client to do? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Use all towelettes provided.
Clean the perineal area from front to back.
Use each towelette once, and discard.
✔✔A client is scheduled for a nuclear imaging test. What should the nurse instruct the
client about this test? - ✔✔A radioisotope will be injected to determine organ functioning
as being either hot or cold.
✔✔A client is having a lumbar puncture. In which position should the nurse place the
client? - ✔✔Lateral with head bent toward the chest and knees flexed onto the
abdomen
✔✔The nurse needs to obtain a sputum specimen from a client. What should the nurse
have the client do? - ✔✔Cough to bring up secretions
✔✔A nurse is providing patient teaching to a client who has been diagnosed with
urinary incontinence. The nurse would be appropriate to educate the client to perform
exercises to strengthen the muscles and sphincters which control urine flow. The name
of the these exercises is - ✔✔Kegel
