Nu rsing Care: Acute Renal Failu re Practice
Questions with Accu rate Solutions
A nurse is receiving reports on 5 clients. Review the reports and identify which clients must be closely
monitored for acute kidney injury. Select all that apply. - Answer All of them
There are three types of acute kidney injury (AKI): prerenal, intrarenal, and postrenal. Match the
incident to the cause of AKI. - Answer Prerenal
Client with severe hypotension
Client with renal artery stenosis
Intrarenal
Client with excessive use of ibuprofen
Client overdoses on anephrotoxic medication
Postrenal
Client with stones
in the ureter Client with benign
prostatic hypertrophy
The nurse is caring for a client with acute kidney injury. The provider prescribes continuous renal
replacement therapy (CRRT). What is the most common indication for using CRRT? - Answer cardiogenic
shock
What are intrarenal causes of acute kidney injury (AKI)? - Answer lacerated kidney
chronic overuse of ibuprofen
contrast medium
acute glomerulonephritis
Questions with Accu rate Solutions
A nurse is receiving reports on 5 clients. Review the reports and identify which clients must be closely
monitored for acute kidney injury. Select all that apply. - Answer All of them
There are three types of acute kidney injury (AKI): prerenal, intrarenal, and postrenal. Match the
incident to the cause of AKI. - Answer Prerenal
Client with severe hypotension
Client with renal artery stenosis
Intrarenal
Client with excessive use of ibuprofen
Client overdoses on anephrotoxic medication
Postrenal
Client with stones
in the ureter Client with benign
prostatic hypertrophy
The nurse is caring for a client with acute kidney injury. The provider prescribes continuous renal
replacement therapy (CRRT). What is the most common indication for using CRRT? - Answer cardiogenic
shock
What are intrarenal causes of acute kidney injury (AKI)? - Answer lacerated kidney
chronic overuse of ibuprofen
contrast medium
acute glomerulonephritis
