NUR 622 (Adult_Gero Acute) MOD #9, UTI_Pyelonephritis, female cancers Questions with
CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
urinary frequency, dysuria, suprapubic fullness - no fever, flank pain, N/V
Answer:
uncomplicated cystitis - get a urinalysis and culture -uncomplicated means normal working urinary
tract
Question 2:
uncomplicated cystitis doesn't need a
Answer:
culture
Question 3:
UTI trends in age and sex
Answer:
mostly women until age 50, then men and women get them equally (due to BPH)
Question 4:
BPH, strictures, foreign bodies (stents), immunosuppression, pregnancy, MDR organisms can all
cause UTI's to be referred to as
Answer:
complicated UTI's -defects in urinary tract or patient's with other health problems
Question 5:
get a culture for
Answer:
complicated cystitis or pyelonephritis
Question 6:
most common organism for UTI
Answer:
, E-coli **staph. saprophyticus, enterococcus, klebsiella, proteus (more for long term cath) are other
organisms
Question 7:
UTI results on a UA
Answer:
positive for nitrites, leukocytes esterase, and sometimes blood
Question 8:
for a positive culture, there should be least
Answer:
>100,000 CFU/ml *10,000-100,000 CFU - possible UTI, consider symptoms *less than 10K CFU -only
treat if symptomatic
Question 9:
if there are 10K-100K CFU's with pyuria (10+ leukocytes/ml) or other symptoms,
Answer:
consider likely treating for UTI
Question 10:
if culture has less than 10K CFU's and patient is asymptomatic, than
Answer:
no need to treat *however if patient has symptoms then treat for UTI
Question 11:
how to predict when a UC is contaminated?
(IMPORTANT)
Answer:
-multiple bacteria growing -presence of squamous epithelial cells (skin) -low colony counts of non
urinary bacteria (staph aureus) -no WBC's in urine
Question 12:
what is asymptomatic bacteriuria?
CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
urinary frequency, dysuria, suprapubic fullness - no fever, flank pain, N/V
Answer:
uncomplicated cystitis - get a urinalysis and culture -uncomplicated means normal working urinary
tract
Question 2:
uncomplicated cystitis doesn't need a
Answer:
culture
Question 3:
UTI trends in age and sex
Answer:
mostly women until age 50, then men and women get them equally (due to BPH)
Question 4:
BPH, strictures, foreign bodies (stents), immunosuppression, pregnancy, MDR organisms can all
cause UTI's to be referred to as
Answer:
complicated UTI's -defects in urinary tract or patient's with other health problems
Question 5:
get a culture for
Answer:
complicated cystitis or pyelonephritis
Question 6:
most common organism for UTI
Answer:
, E-coli **staph. saprophyticus, enterococcus, klebsiella, proteus (more for long term cath) are other
organisms
Question 7:
UTI results on a UA
Answer:
positive for nitrites, leukocytes esterase, and sometimes blood
Question 8:
for a positive culture, there should be least
Answer:
>100,000 CFU/ml *10,000-100,000 CFU - possible UTI, consider symptoms *less than 10K CFU -only
treat if symptomatic
Question 9:
if there are 10K-100K CFU's with pyuria (10+ leukocytes/ml) or other symptoms,
Answer:
consider likely treating for UTI
Question 10:
if culture has less than 10K CFU's and patient is asymptomatic, than
Answer:
no need to treat *however if patient has symptoms then treat for UTI
Question 11:
how to predict when a UC is contaminated?
(IMPORTANT)
Answer:
-multiple bacteria growing -presence of squamous epithelial cells (skin) -low colony counts of non
urinary bacteria (staph aureus) -no WBC's in urine
Question 12:
what is asymptomatic bacteriuria?
