Renal & Urinary - Adult Exam Inventory Interrogatives and Responses (Recent Version)

Bilateral nephrectomy A client is admitted to the emergency department following a fall from a horse and the health care provider (HCP) prescribes insertion of a urinary catheter. While preparing for the procedure, the nurse notes blood at the urinary meatus. The nurse should take which action? Notify the HCP before performing the catheterization. The nurse is assessing the patency of a client's left arm arteriovenous fistula prior to initiating hemodialysis. Which finding indicates that the fistula is patent? Palpation of a thrill over the fistula A male client has a tentative diagnosis of urethritis. The nurse should assess the client for which manifestation of the disorder? Dysuria and penile discharge The nurse is assessing a client with epididymitis. The nurse anticipates which findings on physical examination? Fever, nausea, vomiting, and painful scrotal edema